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| Originally Posted by Bionicle I would say flying is safer than staying at home  In 2005, 671 pedestrians were killed in road accidents in Great Britain, this was 21 per cent of all deaths from road accidents, The total number of deaths in road accidents 3,201 in 2005 the number of fatalities has remained fairly constant over the last ten years. Just over half (52 per cent) of people killed in road accidents in 2005 were car users. Pedal cyclists and two-wheeled motor vehicle users represented 5 and 18 per cent of those killed respectively. Occupants of buses, coaches, goods and other vehicles accounted for the remaining 4 per cent of road deaths. |
how many people fly V travel by means mentioned? deaths per trip/mile is the onkly way to compare.
Glad its not going to affect most, its not the risk that causes me an issue, after all have we forgotten the IRA issues we had for years?? Did it stop visists to London, Brighton etc?? Mine is more gthe added inconvenice - I am an inpatient perosn with better things to do than queue - thats why I woont be floying...until of course liots stop in which case no queues!!