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Re:Light Traffic by zhoujianfu on Sunday January 14, 2018 @02:39PM (#16145880)
What would people give the odds we achieve a world of autonomous flying drone transport for local travel before a world of autonomous self-driving cars?

It seems right now like we’re really close with self-driving cars but objectively flying ones would be a lot better:

Shorter distances to travel (point to point), easier to implement collision avoidance, faster, no need for this crazy infrastructure we build/maintain of roads, bridges, traffic lights, tunnels, snow plows, street cleaners, etc...

Re:Light Traffic by philipodonnell on Sunday January 14, 2018 @02:43PM (#16145906)
I believe the failure modes are a bigger concern for flight-based vehicles.
Re:Light Traffic by orasis on Sunday January 14, 2018 @03:15PM (#16146112)
Drones are far too loud.
Re:Light Traffic by icebraining on Sunday January 14, 2018 @03:26PM (#16146177)
Drones don't have to be quad/octocopters. I'd love to see a self-driving electric paraplane.