Originally Posted by
Cubdriver
Well now we know the answer to how road safe this vehicle will be- it won't. I new this was going to be an insurmountable obstacle to its design and certification. I would venture a guess it is about as crashworthy as the side car on a motorcycle. I wouldn't let my family have one to begin with and certainly not to commute daily. I have to admit it is a novel airplane. Maybe if it sells well the safety factor can be brought up to snuff. There will be a high fatality rate just as with motorcycles, the company will have to make them safer.
Terrafugia exempt from safety standards
Well unfortunatley just like any other 'Clean Sheet" design, people WILL die to showcase the weak points. Someday it may be a workable concept, but I believe most Pilots will not want to be the test pilots for this thing. Now, non pilots with 200K and 20 hours of Sport pilot training are the ones sadly that will be beta testing this thing.