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