Watch: A real-life flying car takes to the skies
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Unfortunately, we don't monitor and regulate things here in the US anymore
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That statement is good enough for you
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I've seen plenty too. They fly over sometimes. I believe they are called "helicopters".
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I’ve already seen how ordinary people drive in two dimensions. Three dimensions is an impossible ask.
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Unless the thing in question is an immigrant
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Word to the media: don't bother us with this shit until they have a working idea on how to monitor and regulate the shit so we can all have flying cars and not just one dude's stupid prototype. The hard thing isn't making a car that can fly. That shit is relatively easy. The hard part is figuring out how air traffic would work if everyone was up there. It's already a PITA and there aren't a helluva lot of planes compared to cars.
If they're all automated and coordinating, NASA has put a lot of effort into researching how to coordinate a swarm of airborne agents with diverse goals.. I'd imagine that these prototypes have gotten further development and a reality-collision as drone systems have been deployed and evolving in the Ukrainian theatre. The tech for this might actually finally be ready.
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Ha, it's total crap. I watched video news about it.
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When I was a kid I used to think it would be cool to have flying cars. As an adult I think about all the jets and helicopters and drones that already fly over my home and how annoying they are. The amount of noise of a fleet of cars taking off out of the neighborhood would make in the morning would be absolutely unbearable.
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Looking at the underside of this "car" shows there are no drive axles, wires or motors going to the wheels, making it just a weird-shaped helicopter with wheels for no reason.
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This video looks very fake. Were there no witnesses in this demonstration?
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As others have already mentioned, regulations. Air traffic is tightly-controlled, and for good reason. There aren't really any technical limitations to flying cars. Shit's just dangerous, especially by unqualified individuals and en masse.
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All the more reason for flying cars in the US:
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No flight safety
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So expensive only the rich can afford them
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We do; but only gays, blacks, trans people, immigrants, and women.
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If that's a "real car" then my left testicle is a genuine mild Italian meatball.
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I hear ya. Up until the rich end up crashing into everyday poor neighborhoods...
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And disabled people, and people with mental health needs.
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now that's a spicy meatball
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Naw, we don't regulate that. We would have to actually think about them first.
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Only if I use the mint soap.
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So now we have to look both ways AND up to make sure some moron doesnt drop a car on my head?
Fuck that noise...
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Please no flying cars. Please no. The jetsons made it look cool, but that was a cartoon made in the days before 9/11 and cell phones happened.
Now imagine some distracted driver, watching a tiktok while driving, and oops, they did another 9/11.
Now imagine that happens every week. Not because of terrorists, but because of idiots! WE HAVE A LOT OF IDIOTS IN THIS COUNTRY!!!!
......please no.
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Cars crash into buildings all the time. Even if you took the largest consumer car and “drove” it as fast as possible into the side of a skyscraper, you wouldn’t be able to cause anything close to another 9/11.
That said, these are terrible for other reasons.
