Flying cars

[TD_Project]

In response to the rather large, well-educated post from Cavernio, imagination is nice. Reality is not.

Also, to who_cares973, where is that related to? Because if that is related to air traffic crashes, then that is a lot easier then millions of hovering/flying cars throughout North America. It's hard enough to keep up airways for airplanes.

If your system you are referring to is for cars, I think it is impossible to avoid crashes all together, and in some cases, you should probably crash into something instead of dodge and damage your car further by the outcome, may it be a ditch or otherwise. I personally think that cars should NEVER have a crash avoidance system like that, except for warning beeps or something along those lines, as computers should NEVER replace our reflexes. Because what the computer may seem to think is right, is quite possibly wrong in real life situations.

This being said, computers would have to have artificial intelligence of that of an advanced robot that is capable of mapping, controlling the vehicle, and determining the outcome of it's choices, as well as the consequences. The G-forces, the type of passengers, babies, children cannot be calculated with a computer. Imagine this also when taking electronic navigation and crash avoidance into flying cars, where it must also determine airways vertically as well as paths horizontally.

Therefore, manual drive would be the best, with navigation guidance systems, however then you have human error with even this type of transportation. All in all, I really do not think flying cars would be efficient.

In theory it would work without a doubt, in practice is another story.