A new idea for public transit

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

So is driving a car. At least this is more fun.

I would object.

To the more fun part or the more safe part?

[Dytarma]

Just straight up dangerous.

So is driving a car. At least this is more fun.

I'd be more safe in car out of gas on a highway than in a cannon about to fire me to who knows where.

[Petrolheadia]

I would object.

To the more fun part or the more safe part?

To both.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

So is driving a car. At least this is more fun.

I'd be more safe in car out of gas on a highway than in a cannon about to fire me to who knows where.

Sense it would be point to point with only one possible stop per cannon, you would know.

So is driving a car. At least this is more fun.

I disagree on both.

If you are a good driver, driving is not dangerous. Maybe if it is dangerous for you, then it's time to get a bus pass?

And being shot would be always scary, while driving is either dreary or fun.

Being a good driver doesn't mean your safe from bad drivers on the road.

29,989 People died in the US from car crashes in 2014.

[Petrolheadia]

I'd be more safe in car out of gas on a highway than in a cannon about to fire me to who knows where.

Sense it would be point to point with only one possible stop per cannon, you would know.

I disagree on both.

If you are a good driver, driving is not dangerous. Maybe if it is dangerous for you, then it's time to get a bus pass?

And being shot would be always scary, while driving is either dreary or fun.

Being a good driver doesn't mean your safe from bad drivers on the road.

29,989 People died in the US from car crashes in 2014.

So what? Most of these deaths are driver's fault.

[Impaled Nazarene]

...what happens when one person lands and another person lands on top of them...

The ending to Quake 1 obviously

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Sense it would be point to point with only one possible stop per cannon, you would know.



Being a good driver doesn't mean your safe from bad drivers on the road.

29,989 People died in the US from car crashes in 2014.

So what? Most of these deaths are driver's fault.

Except for the 5,813 people that died while being non motorists.

[Dytarma]

So what? Most of these deaths are driver's fault.

Except for the 5,813 people that died while being non motorists.

They were probably drunk, so it was intoxicants that could have killed non-motorists. Beside, how are you going to move it?

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

Except for the 5,813 people that died while being non motorists.

They were probably drunk, so it was intoxicants that could have killed non-motorists. Beside, how are you going to move it?

64% of crashes that have killed in 2014 had a BAC of .00

So, no. They where not killed by drunk drivers.

Move what?

[Nochov]

I have a better idea for public transport.
Okay, so the government makes these long strips of paved terrain, called "roads". Then people can buy tickets, called "cars", which propel themselves on these "roads" while the passenger rides inside it. To refresh a spent ticket, the passenger could just swing by a ticket booth called a "petrol station" to charge their ticket right back up.

[The Derpy Democratic Republic Of Herp]

I have a better idea for public transport.
Okay, so the government makes these long strips of paved terrain, called "roads". Then people can buy tickets, called "cars", which propel themselves on these "roads" while the passenger rides inside it. To refresh a spent ticket, the passenger could just swing by a ticket booth called a "petrol station" to charge their ticket right back up.

Sounds boring.

[Stellonia]

I'd rather take the bus. Besides, your proposed mode of transportation fails requirements 2 and 5—2 because terrorists could potentially sabotage the cannons, and 5 because flying out of a cannon entails some inherent risks that are probably more likely than those associated with automobiles.

[Minivanistan]

I have a better idea for public transport.
Okay, so the government makes these long strips of paved terrain, called "roads". Then people can buy tickets, called "cars", which propel themselves on these "roads" while the passenger rides inside it. To refresh a spent ticket, the passenger could just swing by a ticket booth called a "petrol station" to charge their ticket right back up.

Sounds boring.

Well, we can always put rockets on the "cars" which would of course require a much more volatile chemical fuel than standard gasoline.
Instead of stationary "petrol stations" refueling would be done by jumping a ramp onto a moving helicarrier. When fueling is done, a parachute is attached and you just drive off the carrier and hopefully land safely back onto the "road".
The "road" can be left alone for now, other than deciding what Mach rating makes the most reasonable speed limit.

[Stellonia]

The "road" can be left alone for now, other than deciding what Mach rating makes the most reasonable speed limit.

No more than Mach 0.1. Maybe up to Mach 0.12 for interstate highways.

[Minivanistan]

The "road" can be left alone for now, other than deciding what Mach rating makes the most reasonable speed limit.

No more than Mach 0.1. Maybe up to Mach 0.12 for interstate highways.

In that case, we will substitute AU for Mach.
The later I can leave the house and make it to work on time, the more sleep I can get after all.
Oh, and Sunday driving will be strictly limited to driving on Sundays.
Violators will be subject to ballistic censorship by predator drone.

[Stellonia]

No more than Mach 0.1. Maybe up to Mach 0.12 for interstate highways.

In that case, we will substitute AU for Mach.
The later I can leave the house and make it to work on time, the more sleep I can get after all.
Oh, and Sunday driving will be strictly limited to driving on Sundays.
Violators will be subject to ballistic censorship by predator drone.

We are now one-tenth of the distance to the Sun. It's pretty damn cold up here, without any atmosphere to trap heat.

[USS Monitor]

So is driving a car. At least this is more fun.

I disagree on both.

If you are a good driver, driving is not dangerous. Maybe if it is dangerous for you, then it's time to get a bus pass?

And being shot would be always scary, while driving is either dreary or fun.

Just because you are a good driver doesn't mean everyone else is.

[Minivanistan]

In that case, we will substitute AU for Mach.
The later I can leave the house and make it to work on time, the more sleep I can get after all.
Oh, and Sunday driving will be strictly limited to driving on Sundays.
Violators will be subject to ballistic censorship by predator drone.

We are now one-tenth of the distance to the Sun. It's pretty damn cold up here, without any atmosphere to trap heat.

And we designed the throttle to only move a tenth of a centimeter, hmm.
Well, back to the drawing board.
Oh, the ISS said it would pick you up on its next pass.

[Nochov]

I disagree on both.

If you are a good driver, driving is not dangerous. Maybe if it is dangerous for you, then it's time to get a bus pass?

And being shot would be always scary, while driving is either dreary or fun.

Just because you are a good driver doesn't mean everyone else is.

That's where Darwinism comes in. We'll breed better drivers by letting the poor ones be outcompeted. Aah, the beauty of nature.

[USS Monitor]

Just because you are a good driver doesn't mean everyone else is.

That's where Darwinism comes in. We'll breed better drivers by letting the poor ones be outcompeted. Aah, the beauty of nature.

Doesn't work. Massachusetts has terrible drivers, but we have the lowest rate of traffic fatalities in the US because our roads are too much of a mess for people to get up to high speeds where they will die when they crash.

[Nochov]

That's where Darwinism comes in. We'll breed better drivers by letting the poor ones be outcompeted. Aah, the beauty of nature.

Doesn't work. Massachusetts has terrible drivers, but we have the lowest rate of traffic fatalities in the US because our roads are too much of a mess for people to get up to high speeds where they will die when they crash.

As a counterexample, here in Russia traffic is awful, but everyone I know is either a good driver, not a driver at all, or dead.
The system works.

[Major-Tom]

Doesn't work. Massachusetts has terrible drivers, but we have the lowest rate of traffic fatalities in the US because our roads are too much of a mess for people to get up to high speeds where they will die when they crash.

As a counterexample, here in Russia traffic is awful, but everyone I know is either a good driver, not a driver at all, or dead.
The system works.

Uh....Russian drivers are notoriously shit. Every dash cam footage of shit drivers ever is drunken and aggressive Russian drivers not knowing how the fuck to be normal.

[Minivanistan]

That's where Darwinism comes in. We'll breed better drivers by letting the poor ones be outcompeted. Aah, the beauty of nature.

Doesn't work. Massachusetts has terrible drivers, but we have the lowest rate of traffic fatalities in the US because our roads are too much of a mess for people to get up to high speeds where they will die when they crash.

When I drove trucks up and down the I-95, I actually found Mass to be a nice break after making it through NJ, NY, and Conn.
Heck, I could fall asleep north of Boston and safely wake up around Howland, MN where I would picked up water.

[Nochov]

As a counterexample, here in Russia traffic is awful, but everyone I know is either a good driver, not a driver at all, or dead.
The system works.

Uh....Russian drivers are notoriously shit. Every dash cam footage of shit drivers ever is drunken and aggressive Russian drivers not knowing how the fuck to be normal.

[Major-Tom]

Uh....Russian drivers are notoriously shit. Every dash cam footage of shit drivers ever is drunken and aggressive Russian drivers not knowing how the fuck to be normal.

God I'm stupid...