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** The critical problem with 'flying cars' is that they are ''aircraft''. As such you can't fly one without a pilot's license, and air traffic control would go insane trying to sort out millions of aircraft flying around each other in a small area. Most existing 'flying cars' are better described as roadable aircraft. Most small airfields are in rural areas, so you have the minor problem of arriving at an airfield and having no transport to the nearest town, except for a taxi or folding bicycle. The idea is that you could detach the wings and propeller, then drive the remaining vehicle by road into town. They are not really designed as a replacement for your normal car.
*** Not to mention that traffic collisions are bad enough with how cars are now. Imagine how much worse they'd get if you factored in the fact that the car's going to be falling from 300+ feet above the ground.
* ''[[Top Gear]]''{{'}}s James May made a [https://web.archive.org/web/20110826092709/http://www.open2.net/jamesmay/come_fly_with_me.html documentary on the subject], concluding that despite the safety concerns the main problem with flying cars would be the paperwork.
* [[Vaporware]] example: the [http://www.moller.com/ Moller Skycar].
** The Moller website does have some lovely quotes, though:
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