“PAA: What all of those basically come down to is what people FEEL, not what’s actually true.”
I completely agree. However people often make decisions based on how they feel. Even if they are factually/statistically incorrect these people are coming from somewhere. When Awaitingdawn’s parents hear that a rocketlanded in Yerushalayim (or whatever city her seminary is in) they will immediately freak out and worry that their daughter was killed. They will probably immediately call her to make sure she is ok. If she doesn’t answer her phone, the panic will increase exponentially. For whatever reason, this will not happen when they hear that there was a car accident. People are generally more nervous about having their kids in a war-zone than in a peace-zone, regardless of the respective likelihoods of danger. In fact we can do an experiment. Your father seems to understand that you are in no greater danger. Ask him what his gut reaction would be if he heard that a rocket landed in your area. I think it will be different than if he heard that there was a car accident. Now he might recover in a matter of seconds by forcing his intellect to overcome his emotions. But not everyone is as capable of doing that. Again, I am not arguing with you at all; I am just pointing out why parents might be worried.