Well flying (commercially) is safer although my last 2 flights were pretty rough. I hate small planes, they move around too easily in turbulence.
The problem with flying commercially is that you don't get anything out of it, of value. If I drive from Van to St Louis I drive past some amazing scenery, cities, culture that makes you think, reflect etc. Flying is you, metal, noise, sleep for a few hours and you're on the other side of the continent. lol
Only flying where I think you get a driving experience is if you're flying a small personal plane like a Cessna or something.
Only thing I get out of flying is at night I can see all the housing tract patterns of sprawl around cities airports that go on forever. lol