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Gockel t1_jb4p6h8 wrote

Reply to comment by Beatrix_-_Kiddo in 2 helicopters collided in air by louiesoapbox

helicopters are the motorcycles of the sky

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Denziloe t1_jb4qqxa wrote

The accident rate of helicopters is much lower than cars.

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ppitm t1_jb529xf wrote

Most helicopter accidents don't involve scratching some paint on the parked car behind you.

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TwiceYourSize t1_jb4vrpf wrote

So what’s the number of accidents per car and what’s the number of accidents per helicopter? You comment seems kinda obvious to me since there are way more cars then helikopters. I bet the chance to survive a car crash is bigger then a helicopter crash tho

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higgy87 t1_jb4xypv wrote

They said rate, not number

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TwiceYourSize t1_jb4y9nn wrote

Thx for pointing that out, I guess that’s my non-native English failing to understand.

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WeSnawLoL t1_jb59hot wrote

To be fair a huge reason for this is that there are less things in the sky than on a road. A road has more obstacles, some of those obstacles are occupied by complete idiots, while a pilot licenses is expensive and offers a lot of training.

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Riegel_Haribo t1_jb8dw8i wrote

To be fair, a helicopter has one big obstacle below it that causes the most fatalities.

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heroinsteve t1_jb5ry7e wrote

I mean it’s still disingenuous to compare imo. There is significantly less air traffic than cars have to deal with. A better comparison would be planes and helicopters as they both use air space and are far closer in trips than cars.

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