WHICH IS SAFER – SKYDIVING OR DRIVING?

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WHICH IS SAFER SKYDIVING OR DRIVING?
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• Picture this Youre about to hop in the car
  with a friend to go out for dinner.
• Before they slide into the passenger seat,
  they lean towards you over the car and say,
  Okay. Before I get into this car, I need you to
  promise me that this car ride will be one hundred
  percent safe, and that there will be absolutely
  no chance of getting into so much as a
  fender-bender. Otherwise, Im not doin it.
• Youd probably stare at them aghast, right?
  You know thateven if youve gone to the trouble
  of taking every single precaution, from your

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• own licensing to the maintenance of the
  vehicle to the selection of the safest route to
  the speed and level of caution with which you
  conduct the vehicleyou can give no 100
  guarantee in good faith. Along the same lines,
  you cant go around telling people that your car
  is the safest, because even if you have a
  perfect track record, that wouldnt be based on
  any real metrics.
• Skydiving and driving have a lot in common
  along the lines of risk calculation and

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• assessment. For the same reasons, no dropzone
  can claim that a DZ is the safest or that
  skydiving is safe. In the same way that every
  driver knows that its inherently dangerous to
  drive, every skydiverfrom tandem to top-level
  athleteknows that skydiving is inherently
  dangerous, and that participants can be injured
  or even killed while participating.
• With all of that common ground in view, lets
  talk a little about the safety comparison between
  driving and skydiving.

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DRIVING IS MORE FAMILIAR

• Youve spent time in a car every single day
  of your life since the first time your parents
  drove you home from the hospital. That makes the
  inside of an automobile the most familiar
  environment in your entire human experience. That
  has the effect of making driving more routine and
  normalized than brushing your teeth.
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