CRASHES YOU MIGHT FIND HARD TO BELIEVE

IN 1977, THE ENTIRE UNIVERSITY OF EVANSVILLE

BASKETBALL TEAM WAS KILLED IN A PLANE

CRASH ON THE WAY TO ONE OF THEIR GAMES,

EXCEPT FOR ONE PLAYER. THAT PLAYER THEN

DIED 2 WEEKS LATER AFTER BEING HIT BY

A DRUNK DRIVER

NEARLY TWO THIRDS OF THE PEOPLE ON THE

HINDENBURG SURVIVED WHEN IT TURNED INTO A

FIREBALL OVER NEW JERSEY

IN 1977, WHEN THE BAND LYNYRD SKYNYRD CRASHED

IN MISSISSIPPI, ARTIMUS PYLE, THE DRUMMER

STUMBLED AWAY TO SEEK HELP ALTHOUGH HIS

BAND MATES WERE ALL KILLED ON IMPACT. HE

CAME ACROSS A FARMER WHO THOUGHT HE WAS

TRESPASSING AND SHOT ARTEMIS THROUGH THE

SHOULDER. THE FARMER OBVIOUSLY FELT BAD

AFTER HE REALIZED WHAT WAS ACTUALLY GOING ON

IT WAS ONLY AFTER THE DEATH OF BUDDY HOLLY IN

A PLANE CRASH IN 1959 THAT NEWSPAPERS

WITHHELD THE NAMES OF VICTIMS UNTIL THEIR

FAMILY WERE NOTIFIED

WHILE TERRORIST STRIKES LIKE 9/11 CAUSE LOTS OF

DIRECT DAMAGE, THEY ALSO INTRODUCED

SOMETHING CALLED "DREAD RISK". THIS IS THE

RISK THAT PEOPLE WILL ACTUALLY ENGAGE IN

MORE DANGEROUS BEHAVIOUR TO AVOID A

PERCEIVED THREAT

AFTER 9/11, FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR, AMERICANS

REDUCED AIR TRAVEL WHILE INTERSTATE TRAFFIC

INCREASED. SIMULTANEOUSLY, THE NUMBER OF

FATAL TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS SHOT UP. AN ESTIMATED

1,500 AMERICANS DIED IN CAR CRASHES BECAUSE

THEY WERE TRYING TO AVOID BEING IN A PLANE CRASH

JUST BEFORE BUDDY HOLLY DIED IN THAT FATEFUL

CRASH, HIS BAND MATE TOLD HIM THAT HE

"HOPES HIS OL' PLANE CRASHES!". ALTHOUGH

WAYLON JENNINGS WAS JOKING, THAT STATEMENT

HAS HAUNTED HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE

NEARLY ONE THIRD OF TEENAGE DEATHS IN THE

DEVELOPED WORLD ARE DUE TO CAR CRASHES