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Comment Where can I fly this thing? (Score 1) 196

Wow, that's really neat! A flying car! But you know, amongst the many other problems that I've read here about the machine, one problem I thought of is where will I be able to fly it? I hate to follow the path of the many sceptic messages I've read on this page, but surely you don't expect to mix cars and hovercrafts on the same road do you? Lots of money goes here into building new roads, highways, or whatever these things are going to fly over. Will it fly over water? They'll probably have to be pretty straight paths too. I mean, knowing the crazy drunk drivers of today (and unless all the steering is automated), I cringe when I think of one of them getting behind the wheel (or joystick) of one of these speed demons.

This brings me to another point. Going 600mph or 600kph, which ever it is, any accident is going to prove fatal at least 90% of the time. And a seat belt is not going to help much in a crash. Perhaps if ejection seats were installed or something. That'd be good. And is it going to be single file flying, side by side, or what? And if someone crashes, breaks down, or runs out of gas, how is the next person going to see it in time to avoid a collision? And the person behind that person? And will these things explode? Anyway, just some stuff to think about.

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