One reason why I drive everywhere when possible instead of flying. No safer, no less safe, just less inconvenienced.
Car travel is considerably less safe than air travel. By avoiding airports, you reduce the risk of arbitrary detention and police brutality by TSA officials, but you increase the risk of dying in a car crash. Depending on the travelers' appearance, and where they are traveling, somebody choosing to drive may also face local risks of arbitrary detention and police brutality...it can be a difficult choice in some places, but I suspect that's a different problem than the "inconvenience" you were thinking of.
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Re: Security Theatre
Date: 2011-10-03 05:38 am (UTC)Car travel is considerably less safe than air travel. By avoiding airports, you reduce the risk of arbitrary detention and police brutality by TSA officials, but you increase the risk of dying in a car crash. Depending on the travelers' appearance, and where they are traveling, somebody choosing to drive may also face local risks of arbitrary detention and police brutality...it can be a difficult choice in some places, but I suspect that's a different problem than the "inconvenience" you were thinking of.