Sometimes I wonder if this is an actual real opinion.. With any new technology, someone comes out and essentially says, "We can't let the average person have control over it so we must make it less free."
Let people hand control over to a computer - but only on their own.. People should still be able to control their own technology.
Imagine the chaos we have on linear roads and extrapolate that into three dimensions. Mere men couldn't handle the traffic control for that mess. It's obvious.
We could be here for days. The people that do The Speed Limit in the left lane and are "saving lives." The people (CO plague) that spread out to all lanes in some kind of Brownian Motion Phenomenon and make it often impossible to get around on the right/squeeze thru/etc unless you have a motorcycle and even then it might take lane-splitting at highway speeds to accomplish). The people that (CO again) to a TEE were happily going Their Preferred Speed until you came along faster and so they insist on preventing passing (the most hilarious example yet? Turbo-diesel truck, horse trailer - the long kind, not like 2 side by side) - got on it when I showed up. On. My. Motorcycle. Like I say I could go on and on (esp see "martini" post in General) so I'll stop now. Stone the bloody crows.
BTW though - do you know about the ADL? The Anti-Destination League? C/D mag (I think Brock Yates specifically but not positive) coined that term. I use it all the time..."The ADL is out in force today...."
That applies in states that allow right turn on red, and in those, at intersections that aren't marked otherwise. There are some intersections in my town that don't allow right turn on red at all and at least one that has a sign saying that you can only at night because of the heavier traffic during working hours.
That's fantastic but I'm talking about the 90% of drivers here (CO) that cannot turn right on red where it is legal to do so without examining the situation at length after the last car went by not even in the nearest lane.
It's not like you'll just drive anywhere you want. There will be imaginary "highways" to keep everything organized. Even the cartoonists who did the Jetsons figured that out.
Most drivers can't fucking drive and aren't willing to try. I shudder to think what would happen if we allowed flying car license requirements as lax as regular ones are.
(This applies particularly to the US btw. My understanding - in European countries etc vs say India or Vietnam or some free-for-all-chaos like that - esp Germany, it's actually a Thing to get your license and not everyone even passes the first try.)
Pilots don't really handle the airliner. They are directed by flight controllers. If you have millions of individuals flying their cars, simple flight controllers can't handle it. Your answer is lacking in logic.
Sometimes I wonder if this is an actual real opinion.. With any new technology, someone comes out and essentially says, "We can't let the average person have control over it so we must make it less free."
Let people hand control over to a computer - but only on their own.. People should still be able to control their own technology.
Imagine the chaos we have on linear roads and extrapolate that into three dimensions. Mere men couldn't handle the traffic control for that mess. It's obvious.
People who can't successfully turn right on red are gonna do great at flying.
Or the people that have to do 10 under in the fast lane with their blinker on the whole time....
We could be here for days. The people that do The Speed Limit in the left lane and are "saving lives." The people (CO plague) that spread out to all lanes in some kind of Brownian Motion Phenomenon and make it often impossible to get around on the right/squeeze thru/etc unless you have a motorcycle and even then it might take lane-splitting at highway speeds to accomplish). The people that (CO again) to a TEE were happily going Their Preferred Speed until you came along faster and so they insist on preventing passing (the most hilarious example yet? Turbo-diesel truck, horse trailer - the long kind, not like 2 side by side) - got on it when I showed up. On. My. Motorcycle. Like I say I could go on and on (esp see "martini" post in General) so I'll stop now. Stone the bloody crows.
BTW though - do you know about the ADL? The Anti-Destination League? C/D mag (I think Brock Yates specifically but not positive) coined that term. I use it all the time..."The ADL is out in force today...."
That applies in states that allow right turn on red, and in those, at intersections that aren't marked otherwise. There are some intersections in my town that don't allow right turn on red at all and at least one that has a sign saying that you can only at night because of the heavier traffic during working hours.
That's fantastic but I'm talking about the 90% of drivers here (CO) that cannot turn right on red where it is legal to do so without examining the situation at length after the last car went by not even in the nearest lane.
It's not like you'll just drive anywhere you want. There will be imaginary "highways" to keep everything organized. Even the cartoonists who did the Jetsons figured that out.
The "imaginary highways" will be computer controlled. Imagine the possibilities of that.
Yes. The further we get away from individual self sufficient farms and communities, the more centralized the control of everything.
People currently handle everything.. so people can handle everything next.
Most drivers can't fucking drive and aren't willing to try. I shudder to think what would happen if we allowed flying car license requirements as lax as regular ones are.
(This applies particularly to the US btw. My understanding - in European countries etc vs say India or Vietnam or some free-for-all-chaos like that - esp Germany, it's actually a Thing to get your license and not everyone even passes the first try.)
Pilots don't really handle the airliner. They are directed by flight controllers. If you have millions of individuals flying their cars, simple flight controllers can't handle it. Your answer is lacking in logic.
Pilots do more than just sit there and babysit the autopilot. They have to be able to deal with stuff when anything goes wrong.
They developed digital highways in the 1980s that deal with this problem.