Why Are You Scared of the Safest Way to Travel?

You've probably done it — touched the side of the plane before boarding, said a quiet prayer, or insisted on sitting in a specific seat. Nearly 1 in 5 travellers performs some kind of ritual before a flight. Meanwhile, most of us climb into a car every single day without a second thought. Here's the number that should change that: flying is roughly 20 times safer than driving. In 2023, 773 billion miles were flown commercially with just 33 injuries. Yet the fear persists — and there's a specific, well-documented reason why. This video explores the psychology behind why a single dramatic event can feel heavier than a million unremarkable safe outcomes, why our brains are wired to remember the wrong things, and what happened when one researcher studied the road deaths that followed the fear of flying after September 11 — and found a number nobody expected. The data has always been there. The question is why we've never quite believed it. #Psychology #Aviation #Science #economics #statistics