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draconianRegiment t1_jb2q789 wrote

What a terrible excuse to not have flying cars.

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[deleted] t1_jb2qux0 wrote

I’ll take any excuse not to have them. People can barely drive a car on the ground.

I’ll leave the damn country if we roll them out. All the way to Cuba, in a raft.

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Amerlis t1_jb2v67l wrote

Rather not see r/idiotsinflyingcars. There’d be nsfw/nsfl tags all over the place.

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okaterina t1_jb4yx2g wrote

Never underestimate human stupidity.

Your fool-proof user interface still has one actionnable item ? It's not fool-proof enough.

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BrokenEye3 t1_jb2s4ky wrote

Guy gets drunk and flies his car into a telephone pole, it's gonna leave a crater

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Historical-Fox1372 t1_jb51ybq wrote

I've always said flying cars will not be a consideration until our entire automotive and metro system is completely automated. You cannot trust drivers who are now in the air lol.

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PeachSnappleOhYeah t1_jb39ofj wrote

Most drivers are goddamn morons and respect no rules whatsoever. That's the real reason we don't have flying cars. big difference flying up curbs into walls at 40 mph than into the roofs (rooves?) of houses with children in it at 300mph.

Only when it can take off, obey rules all by itself, with no manual override, will we have flying cars.

because drivers are stupid.

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obroz t1_jb47jxz wrote

It wouldn’t be something everyone could do. I’d say you at least still need your pilots license and there would obviously need to be a lot of restrictions

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drygnfyre t1_jb4ppxi wrote

Isn't this a similar reason we don't have joysticks? I seem to recall there was a concept car that replaced the steering wheel with a joystick, and it was rejected for similar reasons.

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pzerr t1_jb571on wrote

As a pilot, flying cars are a terrible idea. It is the worst of both worlds. On top of it, it is entirely environmentally inefficient.

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