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This flying car has gained EU's approval to run on roads, according to its Dutch maker Pal-V... (Original Post) demmiblue Oct 2020 OP
Hmm soothsayer Oct 2020 #1
Time for an xmas list Midnightwalk Oct 2020 #2
I only want flying cars if I'm the only one allowed to use one. Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #3
Agreed. The last thing we need are DWIs in the air. brush Oct 2020 #4
God, yes, DWI's as well. Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #6
Self-flying cars? God. You just took it to an exponential level. brush Oct 2020 #8
Self-flying cars locked to computer-controlled grid in the air, of course. Ron Obvious Oct 2020 #10
That might work if perfected. brush Oct 2020 #11
Yes, please. I'll take one in foam green. Solly Mack Oct 2020 #5
I would sure hate to have to share airspace Chainfire Oct 2020 #7
Flying cars have been a 'just a few years away" for decades friendly_iconoclast Oct 2020 #9

Midnightwalk

(3,131 posts)
2. Time for an xmas list
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 01:24 PM
Oct 2020

It’s only $600K and I’ve been pretty good this year.

Maybe the price will come down in 10 years.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
3. I only want flying cars if I'm the only one allowed to use one.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 01:30 PM
Oct 2020

I'm sure that the early car manufacturers didn't foresee gridlock and traffic jams. Imagine unrestricted cars everywhere on earth three-dimensionally. What a nightmare future that would be.

brush

(53,764 posts)
4. Agreed. The last thing we need are DWIs in the air.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 02:08 PM
Oct 2020

Airplanes are regulated by air traffic controllers. We're not there with flying cars.

It's going to take a lot of trial and error to work out lanes, altitudes, takeoffs and landings.

brush

(53,764 posts)
8. Self-flying cars? God. You just took it to an exponential level.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 03:52 PM
Oct 2020

But seriously, we've got a ways to go on this.

 

Ron Obvious

(6,261 posts)
10. Self-flying cars locked to computer-controlled grid in the air, of course.
Wed Oct 28, 2020, 07:07 PM
Oct 2020

So self-flying, but not autonomous.

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