well air travel is supposed to be the safest form of travel and driving a car is supposed to be the most dangerous. but i feel safe in the car and nervous when i fly. does this make sense ?

at the same time when i am in the car but somebody else is driving it i am scared to death ! even though the actual probability of us dying is about the same as if i was driving, in which case i would be completely relaxed.

so it's not so much the actual risk as it is the feeling of being in control vs the feeling of being at the mercy of external factors.

i am also afraid to get a motorcycle because i am afraid to ride with the cars on it. even though if i had one i would probably end up killing myself somewhere on an empty road at 3AM and 120 mph instead of actually being run over by a car.

who ever said that fear must be logical ? if fear was logical politicians wouldn't use it