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grebdews
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No, that is ridiculous.
You mess up in a plane, you go doun.
You mess up in a car, 7 people go down.
You mess up in a plane, you have 3,000 feet to catch yourself
You mess up in a car well...
Your engine fails in a plane, you glide to earth.
Your engine fails on earth you crash.
Anybody can get a licence, but a pilot's licence takes hours of flight time.
In a car, there is no control tower...

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WexMajor82
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The point is that is ME, who drive a car, and most probably, I will be the one in control of my car. I think that when you're in a plane what you're afraid is the fact that you're not in control. So it feels "safer" to be in a car and "unsafer" to be in a plane.

loloynage2
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cars are only more dangerous cause more people use it. So more crash

Ernie15
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if a car crashes there is a better chance of living. if a plane crashes you have a better chance of dying. but cars crash more. so its even


Don't forget how much more common it is for a car to be hijacked than a plane. And if some event were to happen on land while a driver was peacefully driving, let's just say that won't really affect the people in the nice, safe plane.

On the other hand, skydiving from a car is a lot safer. And you can do it without a parachute and still survive.
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i thincc dat plains R mor dangrus bcuz peeple steel dem and flie dem in 2 bildins n stuf. how many time has someone steal car and drived in 2 wurld trad center? 0 dats how many but dey do that twice in won day wif playnz.

Moe
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People drive cars into house all the time though.

sourwhatup2
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i thincc dat plains R mor dangrus bcuz peeple steel dem and flie dem in 2 bildins n stuf. how many time has someone steal car and drived in 2 wurld trad center? 0 dats how many but dey do that twice in won day wif playnz.


It depends in what kind of sense of dangerous your talking about because I'm pretty sure a hell of a lot more people die from car accidents then plane crashes(which don't even happen that often).
chitown
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cars are more dangerous since everyone has a car and it takes a long time to get a plane license

iamnotironman
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In a plane when you crash you go down really dast and crash harder then a car which is more dangerous.So the car is safer to crash in.

shadowwolf36
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Depends on who's driving what.

cambria
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The only reason we feel safe in cars is we drive all most every day.

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i don't know what this means but everytime a plane crashes it is on the news but there are car crashes everyday... i don't know what that means but it seems like a good point :/

Microe
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How about..They are both equally dangerous? lol

Stacey12345
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i thincc dat plains R mor dangrus bcuz peeple steel dem and flie dem in 2 bildins n stuf. how many time has someone steal car and drived in 2 wurld trad center? 0 dats how many but dey do that twice in won day wif playnz.


I agree. dont you guys remember 9/11? dont you remember when the towers fell? a car could never cause 9/11.
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How are planes more dangerous than cars?

If a plane goes over water, nothing happens.
If a car goes over water, oh wait, they don't, you died.
If there is an earthquake and you are flying in an airplane, all is fine, but if you are in a car during an eathquake, you might be dead.

I agree. dont you guys remember 9/11? dont you remember when the towers fell? a car could never cause 9/11.


Ok, if someone hijacked your car and decided to crash into an oil truck which happens to be near a tall building and the oil tank sets off a chain reaction because there are gas stations nearby, that could close to 9/11 right?, but what i'm trying to say is, that rarely happens

planes aren't more dangerous than cars, there are far more foolish drivers than foolish pilots.

P.S. the pilots of the planes which were hijacked during 9/11 were warned to lock their cabins, but they didn't so they got hijacked, what are the chances of something like 9/11 happening again in this day and age, it seems like a 1 time thing

this is just my opinion though.. DON'T JUDGE ME!
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Planes are inspected often and are made sure that they're in a spic and span situation before they take off for their route. When you have a car, the last "inspection" type thing you had was when you had a tune-up last month.

Planes are also designed to be able to land if the engines stall or there is some form of problem. There are also emergency procedures. In cars, there really isn't. Just an airbag to catch you.

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