Flying cars are actually a safety problem. In cities they are also likely to be a noise problem with the technology that was available for a long time. Finally energy costs matter a lot for flying cars. The oil shock of the 70′s reduced helicoptor usage and that never recovered.
Flying Cars have larger safety consideration. The point on flying cars I made was a bit hyperbolic which was probably unnecessary in hindsight.
Thinking out loud, 1. While Safety cars expand the risk envelope, the difference is not too much different either. I can expect a drunk driver to ram into a store or building at ground level these days, and I expect that living in the fourth floor of an apartment is safer cause there’s no precedence for incidents like that. But someone crashing a vehicle to the ground floor or to the third floor can be handled in a similar legal framework with varying levels of punishment. If there were no cars, we’d be concerned of the idea that someone could crash a heavy machine to our homes at large speeds. The analogy is similar to flying cars, just the precedence is missing.
2. The current breed of flying cars are heavily electric and shouldn’t face too much concern over energy costs.
3. Not sure of this, but could the noise be normalized over time? Like how (some) people living near airports are used to the planes taking off and landing that they kind of tune it out? urban noise is largely from traffic, and this can be another dimension to it?
Flying cars are actually a safety problem. In cities they are also likely to be a noise problem with the technology that was available for a long time. Finally energy costs matter a lot for flying cars. The oil shock of the 70′s reduced helicoptor usage and that never recovered.
Flying Cars have larger safety consideration. The point on flying cars I made was a bit hyperbolic which was probably unnecessary in hindsight.
Thinking out loud,
1. While Safety cars expand the risk envelope, the difference is not too much different either. I can expect a drunk driver to ram into a store or building at ground level these days, and I expect that living in the fourth floor of an apartment is safer cause there’s no precedence for incidents like that. But someone crashing a vehicle to the ground floor or to the third floor can be handled in a similar legal framework with varying levels of punishment. If there were no cars, we’d be concerned of the idea that someone could crash a heavy machine to our homes at large speeds. The analogy is similar to flying cars, just the precedence is missing.
2. The current breed of flying cars are heavily electric and shouldn’t face too much concern over energy costs.
3. Not sure of this, but could the noise be normalized over time? Like how (some) people living near airports are used to the planes taking off and landing that they kind of tune it out? urban noise is largely from traffic, and this can be another dimension to it?