XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: YourName@YourISP.com   
      
   In article , David   
   DeLaney  wrote:   
      
   > On 2014-01-11, David Friedman  wrote:   
   > >  Your Name  wrote:   
   > >> In article , ingo-siekmann@web.de says...   
   > >> > One day, I will have my flying car. :-)   
   > >>   
   > >> There's a few companies working on flying cars, some supposedly due for   
   > >> release this year or next year ... but just looking at the mess on the   
   > >> roads in "two" dimensions is enough to let anyone with a brain know   
   > >> that letting them loose in "three" dimensions is going to be a complete   
   > >> disaster.  :-(   
   > >   
   > > Not clear. There's a lot more room in three dimensions.   
   >   
   > Fairly clear, because while that is the case, it's also a lot harder to keep   
   > a watch out in 4\pi of spherical directions than it is in 360 degrees of   
   > planar ones; you can't build roads in the air; and if you have a problem in   
   > mid-air, despite what Bugs Bunny demonstrated, you cannot simply put on your   
   > air brakes and stop dead while you try to fix it or wait for help. Plus   
   > drunken   
   > teenagers or adults make all of this so much worse...   
      
   One article I read was talking about the flying cars piloting   
   themselves ... but seeing as cars can't even drive themselves in two   
   dimensions yet, flying them in three dimensions will be a long way in   
   the future. (Technically planes do already fly themselves much of the   
   time, but the amount of traffic would be dramatically increased with   
   everone having flying cars.)   
      
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