People take things way too personally on the road. Other people aren't assholes. Road etiquette is just different. You shouldn't get bent out of shape when someone cuts you off. That a normal occurrence.
Driving is a skill like anything else. The fact that a large part of the general population doesn't drive in a manner that's optimal for safety is perfectly normal and should be expected. The general population has to manage their own finances, budget their own time, cook their own food, etc and few people do any of those optimally. There's no reason to expect the general population to do anything optimally.
In a car you usually don't have much time between things going south and crashing. An aircraft typically has a lot of time before it runs into anything.
Mechanical failure is a negligible factor in vehicle accidents anyway (if it weren't you'd probably see insurance companies giving people in non-inspection states discounts for getting one anyway). Most of the time the car just coasts/grinds to a stop on the side of the road.
Comparing airline pilots (qualified professionals who've worked their way up the chain) to the general population isn't quite right either. Being level headed is part of the job. The same is not true for the average person going about their day.
Driving is a skill like anything else. The fact that a large part of the general population doesn't drive in a manner that's optimal for safety is perfectly normal and should be expected. The general population has to manage their own finances, budget their own time, cook their own food, etc and few people do any of those optimally. There's no reason to expect the general population to do anything optimally.
In a car you usually don't have much time between things going south and crashing. An aircraft typically has a lot of time before it runs into anything.
Mechanical failure is a negligible factor in vehicle accidents anyway (if it weren't you'd probably see insurance companies giving people in non-inspection states discounts for getting one anyway). Most of the time the car just coasts/grinds to a stop on the side of the road.
Comparing airline pilots (qualified professionals who've worked their way up the chain) to the general population isn't quite right either. Being level headed is part of the job. The same is not true for the average person going about their day.