Why I moved to Buena Vista Virginia, population 6100. The traffic is so slow that you sometimes find dogs sleeping in the street. From behind the house:
1) The energy needed wouldn’t be a problem, you expend much more in gasoline as it is, but the sudden accelleration, enough to send you 20-30 km, the typical commute, would not be for the delicate.
2) Then, with the air full of ballistic commuters (plus drones, for those who chose to “telecommute”) there will be collisions and serious injuries, deaths. You need some way to steer, and some way to know when a collision is imminent and which way to steer to avoid it and all others.
3) Or body armor – maybe just a hard canister with cushioning? but assuming you survived a collision, wouldn’t you land far from where you intended?
4) Next, there’s this: in skydiving meets, somebody pops open their chute with another diver just above, who falls thru it and collapses it.
Oldbutnotstupid over 9 years ago
getting home is going to be a b***h
mggreen over 9 years ago
Shoulda thought of this to get into Soldier Field today! YEA Blackhawks!!!
Perkycat over 9 years ago
Traffic jam fantasies.
CYGNUS X1 over 9 years ago
I’ve had two days in a row like this.
neverenoughgold over 9 years ago
“Rush Hour” fantasies…
Sherlock Watson over 9 years ago
With an ACME hammock, anything is possible.
Stephen Gilberg over 9 years ago
Like an adult Calvin.
Argy.Bargy2 over 9 years ago
Traffic is why we all need jet packs…
R.U. Kidding over 9 years ago
Horace Mitty.
J Short over 9 years ago
Why I moved to Buena Vista Virginia, population 6100. The traffic is so slow that you sometimes find dogs sleeping in the street. From behind the house:
PappyFiddle over 9 years ago
It’s a charming idea, but I have some questions.
1) The energy needed wouldn’t be a problem, you expend much more in gasoline as it is, but the sudden accelleration, enough to send you 20-30 km, the typical commute, would not be for the delicate.
2) Then, with the air full of ballistic commuters (plus drones, for those who chose to “telecommute”) there will be collisions and serious injuries, deaths. You need some way to steer, and some way to know when a collision is imminent and which way to steer to avoid it and all others.
3) Or body armor – maybe just a hard canister with cushioning? but assuming you survived a collision, wouldn’t you land far from where you intended?
4) Next, there’s this: in skydiving meets, somebody pops open their chute with another diver just above, who falls thru it and collapses it.
You guys go first, I’ll watch