If you are a very very bad driver this might be true.
But someone has not been honest to you - skydiving is dangerous no matter how often you hear this sentence.
Yes, when I turn 65. Probably a very nice scenic base, with pure ground rush, and no rig. Would be sad though not to jump untill then.
So you think there is nothing worht living when you tunr 65?
Scubadiving, skydiving and basejumping are skills which can be acquired by training and you get better and safer with experience.
By putting yourself in that giant rubber ball you are giving away any form of control you have about the possible outcome.
It is a tragedy but seriously what where they expecting when they were getting into a giant ball on a slope with a cliff nearby...
Reminds me of this
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mI7vz9Bd664