On Sun, 11 Jul 2010, ede cameron wrote:
rules is more than likely the reason they aren't been developed. I'm sure we envision flying cars as the chance of flying from A to B in a straight line. The mess that would be created with everyone flying from A to B in a straight line would be chaos to say the least.
Individually-flying people is a waste of fuel that doesn't make any sense considering the post-1960's economics of energy. Therefore, to make it worthwhile for the masses, it has to be in the form of large-scale public transportation with specially-trained drivers. That way you could establish, for example, a bus line driving diagonally from Ahuntsic to Hochelaga that could save up to 29,7% on distance, and up to 100% on traffic lights, using a specially-crafted fleet of these :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8MSTGyFHUuk
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