Flying Cars will Change the World

By Morgan Bell

About Flying Cars

Flying cars will change the world. The uber company is inventing flying cars, the head of this project is Jeff Holden. This will begin in big cities including, Los Angeles, Dubai, Dallas-Fort Worth in 2020, then it will spread to other places. There is a need for this, because there is bad traffic that causes stress and anger problems. Also this will decrease the car accident rate.

Where is this being created?

Flying cars are being tested in different places and cultures one is in Texas which it a different land then Dubia same for Los Angeles. “In a speech at the Web Summit in Lisbon today, Uber’s head of product Jeff Holden announced that the company is adding a third city, Los Angeles, to its list of places where it hopes to pilot its aerial taxi service by 2020. LA joins Dallas-Fort Worth and Dubai as cities announced to be working with Uber on the program.” (Hawkins) Flying cars do not really have an effect on one region because it spread out over a few places. They did this to show that they could get different information and compare and contrast the information to see if it would work in different temperatures, environment, people, places, cultures, etc. Then compare data and see if this invention can help other places, like how it helped LA, Dubai, and Dallas-Fort Worth.

Why is there a need for this?

There is a necessity for this world because people will be able to go more places faster, more safe, and more relaxed.

• “Over 37,000 people die in road crashes each year
• An additional 2.35 million are injured or disabled
• Over 1,600 children under 15 years of age die each year
• Nearly 8,000 people are killed in crashes involving drivers ages 16-20
• Road crashes cost the U.S. $230.6 billion per year, or an average of $820 per person
• Road crashes are the single greatest annual cause of death of healthy U.S. citizens traveling abroad”(Asirt)This shows that cars are not safe, 37,000 people are dying each year. When we have flying cars this rate will go down a crazy amount. When you compare this death rate to an aircraft rate the difference is unbelievable. “There were 271 fatalities in 2016, which represents a significant drop since the 471 deaths in 2015” This shows mean while when millions are dying in cars only hundreds are dying from plane related accidents.”(Pemberton)

This shows only 271 people died from a fly accident in 2016. Imagine when we have flying cars how the car stats will drop from 37,000 to 271.”

How will this affect the global community?

This will help the global community go places faster. “Tens of thousands of flights per day. Electric, autonomous aircraft buzzing from rooftop to rooftop. Trips costing as little as $20. It’s fairly blue-sky thinking, even for a company that regularly imbibes its own Kool-Aid. The runway isn’t clear yet, but Uber is convinced its path forward will be free of turbulence.”(Hawkins)This shows that for only 20 dollars you can go places faster, more conveniently, more relaxed, and safer. This will make everyone want to by go on flying cars because it is cheaper than using an uber on the ground especially for long travels. This is a positive effect. This will help the community because most people get upset in traffic causing high amount of stress. Causing people not to do smart things. When people travel this way people will not have to worry about traffic, causing people not to get stressed.

How will Flying Cars change the world?

This will change the world and soon everyone will be traveling this way. “Tens of thousands of flights per day. Electric, autonomous aircraft buzzing from rooftop to rooftop. Trips costing as little as $20.” (Hawkins)This shows that for only 20 dollars you can go places faster, more conveniently, more relaxed, and safer. This is a positive effect. This invention also has a negative effect because they have not come up with a gas for the flying car. So this invention will not help the environment. So it may pollute the environment even more. A solution to this problem would be to come up with a safe fuel that is non perishable that can be able to support the weight and the distance.

(Hawkins)

How does this relate to the Renaissance?

This relates to the renaissance like how the armored car. They are both a new type of transportation that changed or will change the world. Some differences would be one was used for war and one would be used for everyday people. Also this armored car was in a shape of a triangle not like a rectangle (flying car).

Work Cited

Asirt.org. (2017). Road Crash Statistics. [online] Available at: http://asirt.org/initiatives/informing-road-users/road-safety-facts/road-crash-statistics [Accessed 21 Nov. 2017].

Hawkins, Andrew J. “Uber's 'flying cars' could arrive in LA by 2020 - and here's what it'll be like to ride one.” The Verge, The Verge, 8 Nov. 2017, www.theverge.com/2017/11/8/16613228/uber-flying-car-la-nasa-space-act.

Pemberton, B. (2017). The number of people who died in plane crashes in 2016 will surprise you… and not for the reason you think. [online] Thesun.co.uk. Available at: https://www.thesun.co.uk/living/2535002/the-number-of-people-who-died-in-plane-crashes-in-2016-will-surprise-you-and-not-for-the-reason-you-think/ [Accessed 21 Nov. 2017].