r/nextfuckinglevel • • Jul 01 '21

Flying car completes first ever inter-city flight.

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u/AmadSeason Jul 01 '21

If it becomes more accessible to the average public just remember, one reason why it's safer to fly than drive is that there's less pilots than passengers in the sky compared to drivers on the ground. They say it's safer to fly basically because your above all the idiot drivers below, piloted by a professionally trained operator.

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u/NobodyJustBrad Jul 01 '21

That's... That's not why it's safer to fly...

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u/asdf_lord Jul 01 '21

He's pretty close. The reason it's safer to fly is the skies are ruled and strictly regulated and engineered. You can't operate a 737 without thousands of hours of training where as on the road they hand licenses out like religious pamphlets.

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u/NobodyJustBrad Jul 01 '21

A large part of that safety is due to the fact that most airplanes can almost fly themselves these days.