Flying cars :
Speed : faster
Stability : lower
Risks / danger : higher
Price : higher
Convenience : higher
Traffic Jam : no
Crime rate : higher / easy to escape

Normal cars :
Speed : slower
Stability : higher
Risks / danger : lower
Price : lower
Convenience : lower
Traffic Jam : yes
Crime rate : lower

so, what's your opinion ? which one will you choose ??? and the reasons ? Come here and discuss

This post has been edited by CuteSanSan: Jun 20 2009, 03:06 PM

IN which altitude can these cars fly? how far above ground? any regulations?

if car A drive 500 meter above ground, and car B drive 600 meter above ground... suddenly car B batery died.. it will fall on car A and both the car will fall and hit car C which is travelling normal on the ground.

assume that s in Stars Wars

Land based cars would still be the more practical option at least for now. With current aviation propulsion method. Strapping propeller/jet on a car isn't practical not to mention dangerous. Not exactly easy to navigate in between buildings and 90 degree turn if you're flying around really really fast. I know people who can't navigate land based car properly, what's more one that's flying around really fast

Taking human out of the equation sounds like the right thing to do, but automation are meant to assist, not replace human(Which is why we still have pilot on aircraft, autopilot on aircraft can actually fly the entire plane by itself), at the end human still need to learn how to 'drive' a flying car.

Oh and of course, flying require more energy and failure of simple component simply mean you'll crash and burn At least in car, not all failure are catastrophic.

still the same scenario would happen. We are not talking about outer space yet right? So, the same thing could still happen.

if you need to stop on mid air, will the car drop straight away? coz bernoulli law doesn't apply anymore when the car stop. Meaning it will need some anti-gravity mechanism to make it stand still. or.. a rocket thruster to produce downward force? waste of energy only.

This post has been edited by chezzball: Jun 20 2009, 03:19 PM

This is more "technology talk" rather than a science discussion. Please reopen it in Kopitiam if you wish to continue discussion.