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> People can barely handle one-and-a-bit dimensions at 70mph +1 just for this statement alone. So far, statistics say that flying is safer by orders of magnit
by balabaster 11y ago
> People can barely handle one-and-a-bit dimensions at 70mph
+1 just for this statement alone.
So far, statistics say that flying is safer by orders of magnitude than driving your car... that statistic will likely plummet to many orders of magnitude in the opposite direction if flying cars become a thing.
If we do end up with flying cars being the norm, I would hope they will be autonomous and not have people manually flying them without a full pilots license being required.
- jacquesm 11y agoCorrection: statistics say that commercial air travel is safer by orders of magnitude than driving your car. General aviation is already a lot worse than that today, and even pilot certification does not preclude accidents in general aviation. It is the whole process around safety put into practice at commercial airlines and numerous design details present in commercial aircraft that make flying with a commercial carrier as safe as it is.
- balabaster 11y agoYou make fair points
- ufmace 11y agoI was going to say something like that, but also, consider the maintenance differences. You can get away with treating a modern car pretty badly, and many people do quite often. What happens when people start putting off standard maintenance for months or years because they couldn't afford it or never got around to it?