China has just approved the world’s first commercial driverless flying taxis. These electric air vehicles can fly at 81 mph, marking a major leap in urban transportation.
In Xiaohongshu I saw a couple posts about self-driving busses, and very few people seemed concerned about the safety of these. No idea what the record says on their safety though.
In theory, flight should be less complicated to automate simply because there are fewer things in the sky and fewer still that are as unpredictable as things on the ground. The issue with flying is that mistakes are much deadlier and more spectacular.
Best wishes to China on this, but I’ll suffer the extra travel time on the safety of terra firma
assuming they are safe and affordable, the main concern is noise, even tiny drones are loud. they are so best a modern version of executive helicopter for skyscraper rooftops, not a form of transport for the public
In Xiaohongshu I saw a couple posts about self-driving busses, and very few people seemed concerned about the safety of these. No idea what the record says on their safety though.
In theory, flight should be less complicated to automate simply because there are fewer things in the sky and fewer still that are as unpredictable as things on the ground. The issue with flying is that mistakes are much deadlier and more spectacular.
Best wishes to China on this, but I’ll suffer the extra travel time on the safety of terra firma
assuming they are safe and affordable, the main concern is noise, even tiny drones are loud. they are so best a modern version of executive helicopter for skyscraper rooftops, not a form of transport for the public