Uber considering flying cars, should government "allow" this to happen?

[Rob Roy]

According to an article written by Brad Stone a former NASA engineer has joined Uber and will be working on developing flying cars.

How much or how little should this be "allowed" to happen and what are the positive and negative consequences of flying car technology coming into common use ?

Enjoy.

 

[Justin-case]

According to an article written by Brad Stone a former NASA engineer has joined Uber and will be working on developing flying cars.

How much or how little should this be "allowed" to happen and what are the positive and negative consequences of flying car technology coming into common use ?

Enjoy.

Nobody is falling for this any more, gather your arguments for the classroom elsewhere, Rob.

 

[tangerinegreen555]

Nobody is falling for this any more, gather your arguments for the classroom elsewhere, Rob.

Nobody would sign up for that class.

Sound, Music and Acoustics would be a better elective.

 

[Rob Roy]

Nobody would sign up for that class.

Sound, Music and Acoustics would be a better elective.

Please try harder to stay on topic.

 

[schuylaar]

Ummmm, class dismissed.

 

[schuylaar]

According to an article written by Brad Stone a former NASA engineer has joined Uber and will be working on developing flying cars.

How much or how little should this be "allowed" to happen and what are the positive and negative consequences of flying car technology coming into common use ?

Enjoy.

We can make cars that get 100 miles to the gallon..where are they?

 

[Rob Roy]

We can make cars that get 100 miles to the gallon..where are they?

I'd love to see more fuel efficient cars on the road. Although roads don't seem to hold the potential that air travel does.

 

[SneekyNinja]

We can make cars that get 100 miles to the gallon..where are they?

Europe.

 

[SneekyNinja]

I'd love to see more fuel efficient cars on the road. Although roads don't seem to hold the potential danger that air travel does.

Amended for truth.

 

[Rob Roy]

Amended for truth.

Are you saying that it would be impossible to engineer safe measures ?

 

[SneekyNinja]

Are you saying that it would be impossible to engineer safe measures ?

Pretty much.

PEBKAC.

Flying cars are a lot of metal to have moving at very high speeds, look how many auto accidents there are in cars and that's only got two dimensions to worry about.

 

[Rob Roy]

Pretty much.

PEBKAC.

Flying cars are a lot of metal to have moving at very high speeds, look how many auto accidents there are in cars and that's only got two dimensions to worry about.

Except roads confine the possible travel routes to a relatively narrow space, hence the possible escape routes from a collision are greater in the air.

I think flying cars would certainly need some safety features, but I also think entrenched politics might be the slow down on why flying cars aren't more common. It would certainly make for more "open borders" wouldn't it?

 

[Justin-case]

Except roads confine the possible travel routes to a relatively narrow space, hence the possible escape routes from a collision are greater in the air.

I think flying cars would certainly need some safety features, but I also think entrenched politics might be the slow down on why flying cars aren't more common. It would certainly make for more "open borders" wouldn't it?

We already have them, they call them "airplanes" idiot.

 

[SneekyNinja]

We already have them, they call them "airplanes" idiot.

Helicopters too.

But Rob is right, let's give the general public two tons of flying metal (full of fuel), what could possibly go wrong?

 

[Rob Roy]

We already have them, they call them "airplanes" idiot.

I appreciate that you're not very bright and will keep that in mind in any future discussions we have, but no, an airplane isn't a flying car, since it's primary purpose is airflight and not ground travel too..

A flying car would have a duel purpose. If you were just a few points higher on the bell curve you could have extrapolated that from the name, you know, "flying car".

 

[Justin-case]

I appreciate that you're not very bright and will keep that in mind in any future discussions we have, but no, an airplane isn't a flying car, since it's primary purpose is airflight and not ground travel too..

A flying car would have a duel purpose. If you were just a few points higher on the bell curve you could have extrapolated that from the name, you know, "flying car".

And I will keep in mind that you don't understand sarcasm or humor.

 

[Rob Roy]

Helicopters too.

But Rob is right, let's give the general public two tons of flying metal (full of fuel), what could possibly go wrong?

People trip on their shoe laces, would loafers be the only foot wear you'd "allow" in your world?

 

[Rob Roy]

And I will keep in mind that you don't understand sarcasm or humor.

I question your ability to keep two things in mind at once.

 

[SneekyNinja]

People trip on their shoe laces, would loafers be the only foot wear you'd "allow" in your world?

It's about the general public.

If you want to only let some kind of flight specialists to fly the cars, hmm...what could we call it?

A pilot? Oh shit, we already have those.

 

[Justin-case]

I question your ability to keep two things in mind at once.

Maybe you should stay focused on your own inabilities, they're vast.