XPost: rec.arts.sf.written, rec.arts.sf.science   
   From: jbeeson@invalid.net.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 11 Jan 2014 09:57:04 +1300, Your Name    
   wrote:   
      
   > 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.  :-(   
      
   The flying cars were often self-driving cars.   
      
   We've been working on self-driving cars ever since the invention of   
   the starter motor.  (One might say that the first step was eliminating   
   the horse.)   
      
   For a long time, one had to regulate the engine with a throttle and I   
   don't know what all.  Now you don't even have to select a gear to   
   drive in.   
      
   I remember safety ads warning you to "pump" the brakes when stopping   
   on slick pavement.  Brakes are self-pumping these days.   
      
   If my right leg starts getting sore, I can tell the car how fast I   
   want to go and take my foot off the accelerator.   
      
      
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