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Electric Flying Cars Now for Sale by California Company Pivotal (www.latimes.com)
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[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

This is exactly what terrifies me though. Cars are already incredibly dangerous. Now make them 5x as fast and more difficult to control, and allow them to go anywhere and imagine the carnage.

[–] antbricks@lemmy.today 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

The current regulations do consider density (people, buildings) when designating flight restrictions. Heavier small aircraft have to avoid certain areas because of the extra risk. This kind of single-passenger aircraft is way lighter than a car and wouldn't be allowed over urban and residential areas, for example. I agree that CHANGES to the existing regulations could potentially add risk, but currently we're ok and those changes happen slowly and are evidence-based. FAA and EASA don't use the public as a testing area. It's not as dystopian as the media might make you think. HTH.

[–] LibertyLizard@slrpnk.net 1 points 6 days ago

I have absolutely zero faith that the US government will side with people's safety over a new toy for the oligarchs. And these companies are openly saying their whole business model is urban transportation. So they will be lobbying to change those laws as soon as they can, and, as we've seen with self-driving cars, it will be difficult to stop them.