Within hours, a second state will have implemented new laws allowing cars to fly.
The so-called Jetson’s law imagines a future where drivers can fly and avoid traffic.
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Minnesota lawmakers passed the Aug. 1 highway bill that defines “roadworthy aircraft.”
Roadable aircraft are vehicles designed to operate both as automobiles on public roads and as short-flight aircraft, capable of taking off and landing at aerodromes, according to legislation.
The groundbreaking legislation marks a significant step in the integration of flying cars into everyday transportation.
Minnesota is the second state to pass regulations allowing flying vehicles.
The law simplifies the registration status of flying cars.
Instead of requiring license plates, flying vehicles must secure tail numbers.
A tail number is a unique identifier commonly used on airplanes.
Laws also regulate where vehicles can take off and land.
Flying cars cannot fly on a highway unless doing so removes the vehicle from an emergency.
Vehicles must also pass Federal Aviation Administration guidelines.
These vehicles will be regulated like any other existing car, obeying the same traffic laws and regulations.
Minnesota is the second state to enact legislation regulating flying cars, following in New Hampshire’s footsteps.
The states are both operating at the forefront of technological investment in the area of flying cars.
Large aeronautical companies began to place million-dollar bets on the nascent industry.
United Airlines bought a flying taxi company for $10 million in 2022, according to Fortune.
Boeing and Honeywell are also starting small million-dollar flight projects.
But automakers haven’t dived into the same investments.
Instead, car companies have focused most of their research and development spending on autonomous driving and autonomous safety features.
Inside Minnesota’s Jetson Law
Drivers, start your engines and take to the sky.
Minnesota passed regulations opening the runway to “usable aircraft.”
The regulations imagine a world where vehicles can fly, reducing traffic congestion and time spent in cars.
Drivers can get a tail number instead of a license plate with their cars.
They must follow the rules on Minnesota roads and leave regulated spaces unless there is an emergency.
But while policymakers imagine the machinations of a hybrid world of driving and flying, companies have yet to invest billions in this technology.
Tesla, GM, Ford, Honda and Toyota are just a few large corporations that have individually spent billions on autonomous driving technology.
The amount of money spent on road flight technology is much less.
Minnesota’s newest highway law is named after the hit cartoon series from production company Hanna-Barbera.
The 1960s production imagined a world a century in the future, full of flying cars.
But modern technologists have not generated the financial capital needed to build the world that the creators of The Jetsons envisioned more than 60 years ago.
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