Each form of travel will undoubtedly have pros and cons that the person traveling has to choose between to make it more convenient for them. Limiting this down to aviation and driving, let's look at the pros and cons of aviation and driving, including cost, safety, and convenience.
A Youtube video by ComplantsBoard presents the pros and cons in a simplified and easy to understand way. First, they look at the pros of driving. These pros include, no luggage fees, no set pace you must follow, and the ability to easily manipulate from your original plan and take a different route. The cons include longer travel times, possible overnight requirements, and the unknown, such as traffic, accidents, or weather. The consumer has to weigh these options and consider if driving is the best choice for them, or if they should climb aboard a Boeing 747 and fly to their destination.
The video also discusses some of the pros and cons of flying on an airline. These include, for the pros, "fast, little or no traffic, and safety". Truth is, your far more likely to encounter traffic on your drive down the interstate, than you are walking to the airplane. In terms of safety, ComplaintsBoard reports that your "chances of dying on a 1000 mile flight is quite a bit less than a 100 mile car ride." Yet with pros, have to come cons. These cons include expenses (but not always, depending on distance traveled and fuel cost), luggage fees and restrictions, security screenings, and comfort. However, in my opinion, all of the cons listed here can be easily avoided with proper preparation. If you follow the rules of the TSA regarding screenings, you won't have any problems. The security screenings are there to make aviation even safer. The TSA has been able to stop multiple problems that were trying to come on airplanes. Now looking at driving, whose is watching out for you on the roads? There is no safety administration that looks to see if the driver next to you has a shotgun, and when you cut on front of him, if he's going to shoot out your back tires just to ruin your day, or possible ruin your life! Weighing the pros and cons, I can't tell what choice you will make, but to me, the convenience and safety of flying will make me consider flying any day no matter where I need to go. 13. ComplaintsBoard. "Flying vs. Driving Cross Country."Youtube. Youtube, 4 Oct 2011. Web. 5 Oct 2011. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6fOph7U7Qk>
The Youtube video produced by the ComplaintsBoard provided the main parts of my blog posting for the fifth blog. From it, I was able to grab information on the pros and cons of air travel versus the pros and cons of ground travel. The video allowed me to put in the fact that your " chances of dying on a 1000 mile flight is quite a bit less than a 100 mile car ride." This fact helped me in going along with the safety feature I'm trying to point out. Also included were baggage fees, and comfort on an airplane as a con of air travel.
In my opinion, the analysis provided by ComplaintsBoard is a good representation of the pros and cons of air travel and the pros and cons of ground travel. The video offers a fair representation of both types of travel, and the possible problems you could face with each. Discussing the points of distance traveled allowed the viewer to see why it could be faster to fly. It also provides good information on safety features, relating to my overall theme of safety of air travel and proving the point that air travel is often referred to as being more safe than ground travel, or driving.
14." Traveling." No date. Online image. Bargain Hunter. 5 Oct 2011. < http://www.insidesocal.com/bargain/Traveling.jpg>
The online picture posted on Bargain Hunters is able to display visually my points of air travel. It has pictures of a hotel room, an airplane, and luggage. This goes along with my point of baggage fees on airplanes, possible hotel costs for driving, and displays an airplane to do go along with the point of air travel and the type of transportation being provided. By displaying city names, the picture is able to display the ability for airplanes however, to travel across water and to other countries or cities, such a London, Berlin, and Tokyo as well as travel domestically to New York.
I'm surprised at how much detail this photo provides and how well it works along with my blog posting. By including city names, I'm able to relate to how air travel goes along with mileage, and how far you can travel to other countries or cities. By having luggage, the luggage fees that were discussed are visually displayed to the reader. The addition of a hotel is able to display to my point of possible hotel stays while driving if you travel a long distance that will take longer than an airplane trip would take. Overall, the image relates well to the main point of the blogs of Flying versus Driving.
15."Driving versus Flying ." Online image. ThanksMailCarrier. 5 Oct 2011. < https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtldNsk19Fv2e-w5FXZGmTzf7_U6IdbDLLfs-UtpCZeT8lV31xCK1DN476dNJlwmjZ05Gvdg-1TvPvcStpY3t2KOawBo7yx_uxksMvwyQxC2M68PgGH0uvc_ru-E7MUTnfgs8L031T56w/s1600/driving+versus+flying.jpg>
My final source for this blog postings is a photograph called "Driving versus Flying" which features a photograph of an airplane side by side with a picture that most people would see driving down the road to their destination. You can see on the roadway you have other traffic around, while on the other hand, in the air, there is no traffic around the airplane. The road is also narrower than the skies, increasing the risk of an accident at all times, as a small mistake could result in a crash into the guardrail or a blown tire if the car is driven off the side of the road.
The photo posted on ThanksMailCarrier allows me to display one of my main points, visually, of driving versus flying. Having both a car and airplane in the same picture allows the viewer to see and distinguish the main point of the blog. The visual elements that are displayed are able to relate to my blog, talking about traffic in a manner that it is easy for anyone to understand. By displaying both side by side, a good visual representation is provided to the reader. This relates to my main point of the blog by showing a car and airplane side by side, relating to the point of driving versus flying.
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