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Old Jul 26, 2014 | 11:32 am
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poetnyouknowit
 
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Deaths in plane crashes so far this year: 719 (source: http://online.wsj.com/articles/airli...10-1406213531; added cited toll of 603 + 116 of Air Algerie)

Most recent year of car crash deaths from the FARS Encyclopedia:
2012 had 33,561 people die in a vehicle accident. In contrast, there were 475 fatalities related to plane crashes the same year.

In other words, I should be a lot more concerned about my daily drive to work than my upcoming 4-leg flight.
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