Our Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives, but They Will Kill Some of You First

Re:Our Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives, but They Will Kill... by renewiltord on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:41PM (#37451401)

This is why I think we should never have brought in unleaded gasoline. Flying still uses leaded gasoline because regulations are written in blood. Pretty insane that we just let car manufacturers switch to this when a properly regulated transportation system would never consider such a high risk operation.

It’s probably best we return to the tried, true, and most importantly safe system: leaded gasoline.

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Re:Our Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives, but They Will Kill... by woodruffw on Saturday September 09, 2023 @07:46PM (#37451441)

This is clearly meant to be sarcasm, but I think you've got your facts wrong: commercial jet airplanes don't use leaded gasoline. They use Jet-A and similar formulations, which are essentially just kerosene[1] and contain no lead[2].

(I think you're thinking of avgas, which is used by piston-driven engines. These don't appear much in commercial aviation anymore.)

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_fuel

[2]: https://www.faa.gov/newsroom/leaded-aviation-fuel-and-enviro...

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Re:Our Self-Driving Cars Will Save Lives, but They Will Kill... by renewiltord on Saturday September 09, 2023 @08:10PM (#37451607)

Regulated by the same organization for good reason. Personal aircraft to line up with personal cars.

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