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Inflatable Car
Soft, spongy cars would prevent injury to occupants, pedestrians, stray cows... | |
When you're not using it you just let the
compressed air out of it and fold it into a
briefcase
(saves space in cities normally reserved for
carparks
and compressed air is much more PC than
compressed CO2).
"How is it driven?" I hear you ask. The fabric from
which it's made is covered
entirely in flexible
photovoltaic cells driving incredibly compact,
powerful electric motors geared directly to 3
thin,
inflatable wheels in a reverse trike format, 2x
frontdrive, 1x reardrive & steer.
Roadholding provided by ground effect suction
(baked in F1 years ago)
For nighttime usage a number of thin capacitors
are
interleaved with insulation in the inflatable skin.
Just think of a mobile Jumping Castle.
(Reposted with the kind permission of UB Archival
Services. Originally posted 29 Mar 2001.)
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Maybe. I can envisage that turning the driver's
compartment into a flail and beating you repeatedly
against the ground. |
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I'm afraid driving //soft, spongy cars// would probably be too tempting for some (ok, most) drivers, whose driving skill level would instantly deteriorate to *bumper car*. |
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And although this might be hilarious to watch, rush hour would be turned into a complete nightmare as drivers go out of their way trying to bump other cars instead of driving directly to work. |
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Why do they need to go directly to work, [Canuck]? |
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Onstar - Hello, what's your emergency? |
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Onstar - Do you have a spare tire? |
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Driver - No, a flat car. I think I blew out my quarter panel. |
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Simple enough to fix, [EP]. Just a patch and a can of
compressed air to reinflate the panel. |
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Is this thing amphibious? That would come in handy when it gets blown off a bridge with a steel grate driving surface. |
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// Why do they need to go directly to work?// Sorry, I presumed it would be understood that when people drive in rush hour traffic, half of the time they are driving to work in order to earn money so they can afford to pay for their inflatable car. |
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Are we OK now, or do I need to explain rush hour traffic as well? |
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I know all about rush hour. However, I'd be prepared
to leave early if I got to play dodgems on the way to
work. |
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