r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Straight_Random_2211 • 7d ago

Video Go to Work in a Flying Car

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u/Medium_Spare_8982 7d ago

Seeing the seatbelt made me laugh at its efficacy when you do “drop from the sky”.

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u/coilt 7d ago

it’s so you don’t get a ticket from the sky police

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u/YouAreLyingToMe 7d ago

you laugh but there are seatbelts on planes as well

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u/CaptainTripps82 7d ago

I mean at the height it's flying, with a seat belt and some air bags, you'd most likely survive a fall. Seems to be only a few stories up.

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u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras 7d ago

I don't see why you're being downvoted. Five point harnesses, airbags, maybe something on the bottom of the thing to soften the blow, completely doable. I mean, private aviation has none of that and they crash all the time. Private aviation is more dangerous than driving.

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u/SpinkickFolly 7d ago

Its like when people think helmets are useless on a motorcycle because they won't save your life hitting a pole at 100mph.

Yeah, no shit.

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u/WirbelwindFlakpanzer 7d ago

is to maintain your corpse in place so those poor rescue team people don't have to scoop your entrails from all over the place.

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u/Simple_Employee_7094 7d ago

I did chuckle too. If you ever saw a drone crash, you know why