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Old 12-30-2009, 07:27 PM   #88
tompe
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Originally Posted by nick101 View Post
It's textbook risk asessment. The probability of a plane crash as a result of a problem from a consumer e-device is very low; but theimpact )no pun intended) of such an incident is very high indeed (planes falling from the sky are A VERY BAD THING). Especially planes that have me on them
I think you get a higher expected bad outcome for cars. So I do not think this is a reason. I think it is a psychological reason and the fact that you overestimate the risks when you get a lot of news reports about airplane crashes (but no reports about car crashes).
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