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WHICH IS SAFER – SKYDIVING OR DRIVING?

Picture this: Youu2019re about to hop in the car with a friend to go out for dinner.<br>Before they slide into the passenger seat, they lean towards you over the car and say, u201cOkay.

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WHICH IS SAFER – SKYDIVING OR DRIVING?

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  1. WHICH IS SAFER – SKYDIVING OR DRIVING?

  2. Picture this: You’re about to hop in the car with a friend to go out for dinner. Before they slide into the passenger seat, they lean towards you over the car and say, “Okay. Before I get into this car, I need you to promise me that this car ride will be one hundred percent safe, and that there will be absolutely no chance of getting into so much as a fender-bender. Otherwise, I’m not doin’ it.” You’d probably stare at them aghast, right? You know that–even if you’ve gone to the trouble of taking every single precaution, from your

  3. own licensing to the maintenance of the vehicle to the selection of the safest route to the speed and level of caution with which you conduct the vehicle–you can give no 100% guarantee in good faith. Along the same lines, you can’t go around telling people that your car is the “safest,” because even if you have a perfect track record, that wouldn’t be based on any real metrics. Skydiving and driving have a lot in common along the lines of risk calculation and

  4. assessment. For the same reasons, no dropzone can claim that a DZ is the “safest” or that “skydiving is safe.” In the same way that every driver knows that it’s inherently dangerous to drive, every skydiver–from tandem to top-level athlete–knows that skydiving is inherently dangerous, and that participants can be injured or even killed while participating. With all of that common ground in view, let’s talk a little about the safety comparison between driving and skydiving.

  5. DRIVING IS MORE FAMILIAR You’ve spent time in a car every single day of your life since the first time your parents drove you home from the hospital. That makes the inside of an automobile the most familiar environment in your entire human experience. That has the effect of making driving more routine and normalized than brushing your teeth. To read our full blog click here: https://www.chattanoogaskydivingcompany.com/blog/which-is-safer-skydiving-or-driving/

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