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by prvit 1463 days ago
> Yes it is. A SUV rarly crashes into a building and when it does, it's often possible that humans die.

This is something that happens on a daily basis.

https://www.fox2detroit.com/news/driver-crashes-through-gas-...

https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/car-into-kohls

https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/vehicle-careens-into...

https://turnto10.com/amp/news/local/massachusetts-wrentham-v...

https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/video-shows-suv-crashing...

The NHTSA estimates that there are 16000 crashes per year in the US caused by drivers confusing the brake and accelerator pedals. A huge chunk of these do end up with the vehicle inside a building.

https://web.archive.org/web/20161226060428/https://www.nhtsa...

> An airtaxi crashes down from a hight and speed. They will crash into and through your roof or into a street or directly into humans.

The odds of a SUV driving into humans is far greater than the odds of a falling airtaxi hitting anyone.

SUVs end up inside stores every single day because of unintended acceleration on parking lots.

> Why would we allow one company to fly over my head and another not?

What does that even mean?

>Either it is so niche that it doesn't add any benefit to our society or it becomes so normal that air space pollution is a real issue.

The “airspace” is very big 3D space that can simultaneously accommodate thousands of flights over a city before congestion becomes an issue.

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Now scale that up to a number which actually makes any difference and your SUV argument falls appart.

And yes it's totally valid as well to not allow it at all if only a handful of other people can benefit from it.

We are the people and I don't care if a rich person wants to do that. My airspace is more important than that one rich person.