ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agoWhat is your biggest "first world" disappointment?message-squaremessage-square49fedilinkarrow-up1142arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up1140arrow-down1message-squareWhat is your biggest "first world" disappointment?ramble81@lemmy.zip to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square49fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·2 days agoSure they are, they’re called helicopters. The problem with flying cars isn’t that it’s not possible, it’s that it’s not possible to do safely. People can’t seem to stay out of each others way in two dimensions, much less three.
minus-squaremybuttnolie@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 days agothe thought of an average driver being able to fly their car is absolutely terrifying. also would make heists, sabotaging and spying very easy
minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoIt’s harder to crash into another flying car in 3 dimentions, no?
minus-squareRisingSwell@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·13 hours agoEvery crash is drastically worse though. A fender bender on the ground? Sure annoying but whatever. Fender bender in the sky and you have two vehicles dropping out of the sky. Even if they don’t land on anything or anyone that’s still a disaster. Also you have too much faith in people being able to deal with an extra dimension, we barely deal with cars as it is.
Sure they are, they’re called helicopters.
The problem with flying cars isn’t that it’s not possible, it’s that it’s not possible to do safely. People can’t seem to stay out of each others way in two dimensions, much less three.
the thought of an average driver being able to fly their car is absolutely terrifying. also would make heists, sabotaging and spying very easy
It’s harder to crash into another flying car in 3 dimentions, no?
Every crash is drastically worse though. A fender bender on the ground? Sure annoying but whatever.
Fender bender in the sky and you have two vehicles dropping out of the sky. Even if they don’t land on anything or anyone that’s still a disaster.
Also you have too much faith in people being able to deal with an extra dimension, we barely deal with cars as it is.