Here is something they didn't consider when they waved away the idea of flying cars; no tyres.
And if everyone used vertical take-off vehicles, road networks would become abandoned & perhaps overrun with vegetation & animals. How would safari trips happen in a flying car? Maybe very easily now that I think of it.
So the only real danger of an evtol is malfunction & crash landing into some important infrastructure. Something that already happens with cars. Can this be solved with ballistic parachutes? Are aircraft less likely to crash because there a so few of them or is air travel simply safer because of less obstacles to avoid? What then when more aircraft are added? Would it be just as easy to fly? One YouTuber mentioned something interesting; cars heading in different coordinations could travel at different heights - I imagine vehicles heading in a northerly direction could travel at 800 metres above ground & vehicles heading in a southerly direction could travel at 600 metres above ground or something similar.
The only other problem if vertical take-off vehicles become commonplace is traditional combustion engine mechanics might lose their jobs unless they can adapt to the new technology. The new aircraft would also likely be more electric, so traditional petrol stations would have to repurpose themselves...
Think of these benefits:
• Minimal traffic,
• shorter commute time,
• no potholes &
• no need for tyres.
Are these benefits people are willing to have by conquering a fear of heights in electric flying cars & electric flying motorcycles? I think many would be willing to brave their fear of heights for the four above-mentioned benefits.
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