Don't ignore the car crashes, and remember your freshman CS
Car crashes kill over 35,000 people in the US every year. Plane crashes, on the other hand, kill ~350. Despite this, we have shows like Mayday/Air Disasters for entertainment on TV, and events such as the tragic death of 67 people on a commercial airline flight into DCA often make the front page of the news for a week, while the state of American roadway safety gets that same level of publicity maybe once every other year. Many of you probably recognize this as the archetypal example of the avai
By jcksanderson