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William Gustafson

(293 posts)
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 06:11 PM Mar 2023

So, how does this actually work?....

.......

First, are all the people wanting to fly their cars, going to have to get a pilot license? Because once the car leaves the ground (which has to operate under laws set by the government) becomes an airplane, (which operates under rules set by the government through the FAA). If a license isn't required, who is going to control the traffic in the sky's as cars are crashing into each other above our heads?... And if a car falls out of the sky and damages our homes or businesses, because whoever is driving the airplane/car has no experience in flying, will they have to have liability insurance and how much will that cost?... If a pilot license is required, who can afford that, that isn't rich?....

Funny, he thinks that the government should not have any interference in our lives, but I disagree.... Cars flying over my head by people that have no clue how to fly is asking for many dead people, damaged houses, and lots of court suits.....

But it is Delusional Don that is proposing this.... so, there is that!!!
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So, how does this actually work?.... (Original Post) William Gustafson Mar 2023 OP
He needs to finish building his wall before he promises anything else. Jim__ Mar 2023 #1
His cartoon mind is watching too many Jetson reruns bucolic_frolic Mar 2023 #2
AS far as liability goes... Moostache Mar 2023 #3
absolutely agree with you!!! William Gustafson Mar 2023 #4
They will be self-flying canetoad Mar 2023 #5
just like he takes care of Twitter?.... YIKES!! William Gustafson Mar 2023 #6
I have long been grateful that the promise of flying cars was never filled. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2023 #7
George Jetson... and then if folds up into a briefcase. keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #8
Jetsons, Schmetsons ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #9
"...was the future" - I like that. keithbvadu2 Mar 2023 #10
You jest - but one of the first eVTOLs is built by a company named Jetson. Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #11
I hate you now.... I want one.....lol William Gustafson Mar 2023 #12
Me too. :) Ms. Toad Mar 2023 #13

Jim__

(14,063 posts)
1. He needs to finish building his wall before he promises anything else.
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 06:20 PM
Mar 2023

Of course I don't want the wall, and I don't believe there is any chance he'll build it. How could anyone take anything he says seriously?

Moostache

(9,895 posts)
3. AS far as liability goes...
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 06:29 PM
Mar 2023

Why are those same questions / logic NOT applied to possession and ownership of firearms?

I do not want to take away people's guns (not going to ever happen in this s-hole country anyway) ... but I DO want them to be financially responsible for the consequences of their weapon being potentially used in a shooting or crime.

If I must register, license and insure my vroom vroom, the you should have to do the same for your boom boom.

PoindexterOglethorpe

(25,816 posts)
7. I have long been grateful that the promise of flying cars was never filled.
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 06:52 PM
Mar 2023

Imagine, all those who have trouble following the rules of the road on the land, imagine them in the air.

ProfessorGAC

(64,852 posts)
9. Jetsons, Schmetsons
Mon Mar 6, 2023, 08:09 PM
Mar 2023

Even Fred & Barney had a personal flying machine!
The Jetsons was the future. Fred & Barney was the past.
I want my flying car. NOW! (Channeling my inner Varuka Salt. )
https://flintstones.fandom.com/wiki/Flintstone_Flyer#:~:text=The%20Flintstone%20Flyer%20(known%20as,the%20original%20series%2C%20The%20Flintstones.

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