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		richardwhiuk on July 17, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Malaysia B772 has crashed near Donetsk I'm not sure whether you were joking or not - train crashes get massively disproportionate coverage compared to car crashes

morsch on July 17, 2014 [–]

Sure, but he wasn't talking about coverage but about fear of flying. Very few people are afraid of riding a train in the same sense that many are afraid of flying in a plane. It's an interesting point.

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