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Say bye-bye to traffic...

DaikunDaikun
edited November 2012 in Technology
...and hello to the future!

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  • Dr. TimoDr. Timo
    ...and hello to the future!
    Yeah, that future is a long ways in coming...
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  • NuriNuri
    And when it does, traffic will be worse. We'll have to watch out for assholes in the air as well as on the road.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    All it will take is one person texting-while-flying for everyone to realize what a fucking terrible idea flying cars are.
  • lackofcheeselackofcheese
    That's not a problem - people won't actually be allowed to fly them because they'll all be controlled by Google.
  • Dr. TimoDr. Timo
    edited November 2012
    I am personally more interested in the Flynano, an order of magnitude cheaper than the flying car and most importantly: no pilot license necessary (in Finland, other countries may differ).

    Post edited by Dr. Timo on
  • DaikunDaikun
    edited November 2012
    All it will take is one person texting-while-flying for everyone to realize what a fucking terrible idea flying cars are.
    Traffic? Fly past it.
    Toll roads? Fly above them.
    Speed limit? 115 MPH in the air. Not bad!
    Cops? image

    Terrible idea? I think not.
    Post edited by Daikun on
  • CremlianCremlian
    Back to the Future 2 would argue with you :-p No real flying cars until we perfect anti-grav. That or teleporters.
  • SquadronROESquadronROE
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    Or maybe
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    Or what about
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    Nah, this is more likely
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    Wait, no. This is what I meant:
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    Honestly, though. Maybe they just had the wrong idea with wings. I'm glad this was the actual future:
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  • MattMatt
    Say bye-bye to traffic, say hello to trafficking
  • CremlianCremlian
    edited November 2012
    Old people on the road are scary enough, Old people flying around is enough to start living underground.

    /And Young people, women, Asians and people from New Jersey (gotta hit all the bases)
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  • Anthony HemanAnthony Heman
    I'd still favor quality public transportation.
  • Jack DraigoJack Draigo
    All it will take is one person texting-while-flying for everyone to realize what a fucking terrible idea flying cars are.
    Traffic? Fly past it.
    Toll roads? Fly above them.
    Speed limit? 115 MPH in the air. Not bad!
    Cops? image

    Terrible idea? I think not.
    And again someone gets cocky and thinks they're invincible in the air, and crash into something (bonus points for it being the ground) while they're trying to text about how awesome a flying car is.
  • Dragonmaster LouDragonmaster Lou
    And again someone gets cocky and thinks they're invincible in the air, and crash into something (bonus points for it being the ground) while they're trying to text about how awesome a flying car is.
    Meh, to be honest, so long as you aren't trying to do so during take-off/climbs or landing/descents, it's probably reasonably safe to do so. The average pilot actually does spend a fairly significant chunk of time talking on the radio with ATC, looking down at charts, and so on. If you have a decent autopilot, it becomes even less dangerous to take your hands off the controls to do something else, provided you don't spend too much time doing so. Taking 60 seconds or so to send a text when you're flying straight-and-level and you've already looked out all the windows to make sure there aren't any other aircraft within visual range of you probably won't be that dangerous. Of course, when you train to get your pilot license, part of that training is making sure you know when it's safe do things like fiddle with the radios, look at your charts, and so on and when you should really be paying attention to what's going on outside your window (or your instruments if you're flying under instrument rules).
  • YoshoKatanaYoshoKatana
    I'd still favor quality public transportation.
    Socialism!

    (I agree.)
  • VigaViga
    I'd still favor quality public transportation.
    Socialism!

    (I agree.)
    Here here!
  • BronzdragonBronzdragon
    edited November 2012
    Here here!
    Did you mean "Hear hear"?
    Post edited by Bronzdragon on
  • VentureJVentureJ
    She meant that she wanted quality public transportation at her current location.
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Wait until we get a hyperloop.
  • WindUpBirdWindUpBird
    edited November 2012
    Wait until we get a hyperloop.
    That device would need to somehow accelerate a human being to nearly 700MPH and keep her there for 30 minutes to meet Musk's claims. He's going to run into huge problems with G-LOC, if not death.
    Post edited by WindUpBird on
  • StarfoxStarfox
    Tell that to Elon.
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  • DaikunDaikun
    Hyperloop could be 10 years away.
  • DaikunDaikun
    The first Hyperloop test is successful.
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