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Will the Epiphany Transporter finally bring us the flying taxis of the future?

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[–] S13Ni@lemmy.studio 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

Flying cars is a fucking stupid idea.

-constant fear of some drunk driver flying 300kmph to your house -only useful for medium length journey

-has to be heavily controlled for safety, meaning you can only fly specific routes

-airspace of anything important is no fly zone, like airports, government buildings, ports, basically every city

-needs fossile fuel to fly, more than a normal ICE car

-needs designated landing area

-needs city planning to be centered around them

-unlimited potential for terrorists

-drivers would need specific license and training

Whoever is unironically shipping flying cars is a fucking moron and you can't prove me otherwise, no matter if it technically works or not.

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

Flying cars are the modern equivalent of flying horses

[–] tiredofsametab@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Even more simple than most of those: people are shit at driving in two dimensions and adding a third is just idiotic.

[–] lol3droflxp@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

Flying car = helicopter. All you need to say.

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I bet you that because flying cars are likely going to be a rich only thing that cities will quickly create new infrastructure to help flying cars become marketable.