• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You don’t necessarily have control over your own fate when driving either. You can’t stop a drunk driver in a huge SUV from plowing into your car as you’re crossing an intersection and they ignore the light.

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      9 months ago

      No, but you have more control. You have control over the condition and maintenance of your own vehicle, and you have a chance to defensively avoid collisions. Like the intersection example, I always try to look both ways at an intersection even when my light is green. If I get on a plane where the pilot is drunk or suicidal and the maintenance was not done to spec, I have no control over that.