Flying cars, yay or nay?

A lot of people have asked you this question.

lets see what ot has to say

do you support flying cars? do you want regular cars to be completly replaced by flying cars? or are you against them?

Im completly against them...flying cars is such a stupid, unnecesary and risky idea...modifying every single city in the world for their placing and transitting...the amount of pollution, the death of flying animals, the huge mortality rates on accidents...

its just way to risky, it doesnt even work on paper

There has already been one invented... but yes I would agree lets do it!

There has already been one invented... but yes I would agree lets do it!

maniamsmart

While I myself would love to have one, I think the average driver has enough of an issue with deciding to go left or right. How would a bad driver respond to also having to go up and down? mindstorm

Why can't we break down into nanomachines, and reform somewhere else where the information can be sent? Oh wait, nobody likes the idea of being made of nanomachines.CRS98

It's a cool fantasy but is not practical at all.

What would make a flying car any different from a small private jet? I don't think flying cars would be a great idea. How would traffic in the sky be maintained? How would collisions be stopped? Unless those problems are addressed easily, I don't see flying cars being the future.

What would make a flying car any different from a small private jet? I don't think flying cars would be a great idea. How would traffic in the sky be maintained? How would collisions be stopped? Unless those problems are addressed easily, I don't see flying cars being the future.

TopStarRacer

Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .scorch-62

Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .scorch-62

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What would make a flying car any different from a small private jet? I don't think flying cars would be a great idea. How would traffic in the sky be maintained? How would collisions be stopped? Unless those problems are addressed easily, I don't see flying cars being the future.

lightleggy

I see your point. I would think that the flying car would be just as expensive as a private jet built to hold a few people. I guess we'll find out if the idea ever catches on.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="TopStarRacer"]

What would make a flying car any different from a small private jet? I don't think flying cars would be a great idea. How would traffic in the sky be maintained? How would collisions be stopped? Unless those problems are addressed easily, I don't see flying cars being the future.

TopStarRacer

I see your point. I would think that the flying car would be just as expensive as a private jet built to hold a few people. I guess we'll find out if the idea ever catches on.

[QUOTE="scorch-62"]Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .lightleggy

Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .scorch-62

That would be frightening. I would really hope that built-in car parachute works. :?

[QUOTE="scorch-62"]Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .TopStarRacer

That would be frightening. I would really hope that built-in car parachute works. :?

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[QUOTE="lightleggy"] what would make them different? the fact that: jets are much faster than a car, much faster, and they can fly at much higher altitudes than what the flying car is supposed to do. jets carry more people jets are kind of expensive...when you fly a jet, you dont have other 1000 jets around youlightleggy

I see your point. I would think that the flying car would be just as expensive as a private jet built to hold a few people. I guess we'll find out if the idea ever catches on.

Hovering cars that hover a foot above the ground wouldn't be a bad idea though. Hovering cars would prevent wearing of the road, allow transportation over tough terrain easier, and there's no worries about black ice during the winter time. ;)

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[QUOTE="scorch-62"]Flying cars seem very impractical in the event that you run out of fuel/energy. . .lightleggy

That would be frightening. I would really hope that built-in car parachute works. :?

:( Well there is always plan B, scream and hope that you survive.

[QUOTE="lightleggy"][QUOTE="TopStarRacer"]

I see your point. I would think that the flying car would be just as expensive as a private jet built to hold a few people. I guess we'll find out if the idea ever catches on.

TopStarRacer

Hovering cars that hover a foot above the ground wouldn't be a bad idea though. Hovering cars would prevent wearing of the road, allow transportation over tough terrain easier, and there's no worries about black ice during the winter time. ;)

There won't be drifting anymore, so nay.

i have a buddy that went to WIT that is currently working on one.

I would prefer an X-Wing.

seems like people assume, flying cars are going to basically be cesnas.

We will have automated driving systems well before we have flying cars. And we wont be using gasoline as a fuel source...

but most importantly, we will all be long dead before that happens.

I think we will see automated electric vehicles long before anyone needs to take flight. Just automating driving would allow for incredible speeds, and no traffic when you have a computer doing all adjustments for you thats not susceptible to slow reaction times and distraction. Cars could drive 140 mph bumper to bumper if a network of computers was handling the driving.

YAY

This seems like a cool idea for about, what, a whole second? Then reality sinks in, and you remember all those numbskulls who drive around all day with their left blinker, or who don't signal or don't seem to know how drive. Just imagine them flying a plane (essentially) that could take out your house. Yay.

There won't be drifting anymore, so nay.m45t3rch13f

Regardless of anything - if there is a chance of a flying car I want one

If it's anything similar to the cars in the movie Fifth Element or Judge Dredd, then that wont be for at least 300-400 years. Governments love to milk and rape every natural or available resource before moving onto the next thing. It is the only way that can rob you of your money and destroy the earth at the same time.

seems like people assume, flying cars are going to basically be cesnas.

We will have automated driving systems well before we have flying cars. And we wont be using gasoline as a fuel source...

but most importantly, we will all be long dead before that happens.

I think we will see automated electric vehicles long before anyone needs to take flight. Just automating driving would allow for incredible speeds, and no traffic when you have a computer doing all adjustments for you thats not susceptible to slow reaction times and distraction. Cars could drive 140 mph bumper to bumper if a network of computers was handling the driving.

markinthedark

I dont think humans are ready for flying call tbh

As much as I would love to say, "Hell Yes!!!!" to flying cars, I think it would be in everyone's best interest if they were not available. No offense but there are quite a bit of morons on the streets these days that are not paying attention as to where they are going. I would love to give you hundreds of examples but it is my day off & I just don't feel like going through them.

Long story short, we have more idiots on the road these days then we would like to admit & to give them access to flying cars is like creating hundreds of 9/11 situations without the terrorist intent. Sorry to bring that up but I can picture major cities having problems with their skyscrapers full of cars. Yeah yeah yeah, we could have a licensing or test or some sort of something to test the person before being able to utilize a flying car but seriously, wasn't that the whole purpose of the driver's license test? BUT still we have geniuses on the street still twiddling on their phones or doing something else instead of paying attention to the street itself.

So I say nay to the whole flying car unless there are INSANE & STRICT regulations that come with it.

As much as I would love to say, "Hell Yes!!!!" to flying cars, I think it would be in everyone's best interest if they were not available. No offense but there are quite a bit of morons on the streets these days that are not paying attention as to where they are going. I would love to give you hundreds of examples but it is my day off & I just don't feel like going through them.

Long story short, we have more idiots on the road these days then we would like to admit & to give them access to flying cars is like creating hundreds of 9/11 situations without the terrorist intent. Sorry to bring that up but I can picture major cities having problems with their skyscrapers full of cars. Yeah yeah yeah, we could have a licensing or test or some sort of something to test the person before being able to utilize a flying car but seriously, wasn't that the whole purpose of the driver's license test? BUT still we have geniuses on the street still twiddling on their phones or doing something else instead of paying attention to the street itself.

So I say nay to the whole flying car unless there are INSANE & STRICT regulations that come with it.

envybianchi

Everything you said was basically said about the introduction of motor vehicles. People thought you would lose your mind if you if went as fast as 50 miles per hour, that people would blow up constantly (as they were sitting on a tank of gasoline). Etc...

Everything you said was basically said about the introduction of motor vehicles. People thought you would lose your mind if you if went as fast as 50 miles per hour, that people would blow up constantly (as they were sitting on a tank of gasoline). Etc...

dackchaar

[QUOTE="envybianchi"]

As much as I would love to say, "Hell Yes!!!!" to flying cars, I think it would be in everyone's best interest if they were not available. No offense but there are quite a bit of morons on the streets these days that are not paying attention as to where they are going. I would love to give you hundreds of examples but it is my day off & I just don't feel like going through them.

Long story short, we have more idiots on the road these days then we would like to admit & to give them access to flying cars is like creating hundreds of 9/11 situations without the terrorist intent. Sorry to bring that up but I can picture major cities having problems with their skyscrapers full of cars. Yeah yeah yeah, we could have a licensing or test or some sort of something to test the person before being able to utilize a flying car but seriously, wasn't that the whole purpose of the driver's license test? BUT still we have geniuses on the street still twiddling on their phones or doing something else instead of paying attention to the street itself.

So I say nay to the whole flying car unless there are INSANE & STRICT regulations that come with it.

lightleggy

The same logic would say we would have animals piled up on roads, sure we would have some birds hitting vehicles, but just as much as we have road kill now. Pollution would probably be equal to or less than the pollution we have on vehicles today (it is entirelly logical to think that with advancement in technologies, pollution would be greatly reduced - take a look at the pollution caused by earlier motor vehicles comapred to today). Also, it would be easy to say that driving a vehicle at 70-80 miles per hour neck and neck with hundreds of other cars would be entirely dangerous, and we would have thousands and thousands of wrecks everyday, but in comparison - we simply don't.

[QUOTE="dackchaar"]

Everything you said was basically said about the introduction of motor vehicles. People thought you would lose your mind if you if went as fast as 50 miles per hour, that people would blow up constantly (as they were sitting on a tank of gasoline). Etc...

lightleggy

I think it's entirely reasonable to think that it's the same difference. They were talking about future technology that they didn't understand, and we are talking about future technology that we equally don't understand. I'm sure the same things were said about air travel that you are saying now, however it is considered an entirely safe means of travel by most people. It's also easy to believe that some grand new safety features that we wouldn't even think of now, would be implemented in cities today. These vehicles would be using means to fly/float that we don't have today, it wouldn't be like flying an airplane, it would be some entirely new technology.

Hell Yeah!! I want a hover car!