An all too familiar experience on Maltese roads – and one that has been seemingly only getting worse as of late – is sitting for hours on end in traffic and regretting getting out of bed in the morning. 

And yet, the world is moving on from ‘basic’ on-the-road day-to-day  vehicles as a company has just claimed that their world-first flying car will be able to fly people out of road jams for good. 

California-based company Alef Aeronautics claims that the Model A uses the existing technology for driving and parking but adds the little perk of literally lifting into the air. 

The brand plan on making their first deliveries in the fourth quarter of 2025, and will set back pilots some £270,000. It has a driving range of 200 miles as well as a flight range of 110 miles. 

But wait. Even if according to Alef CEO the car is a supposed modern solution for urban and rural transportation needs in the 21st century, us Maltese don’t have a great track record for our behaviour on the roads.

In some rather somber statistics, there have been 253 registered traffic accidents between January and August 2022 alone. And those were the ones registered by police. 235 of these involved injuries and 16 proved fatal.

The NSO had even reported in August that there were an estimated 47 traffic accidents everyday between April and June. Now imagine all that road-rage chaos but up in the air. So we are in some serious doubt about whether having our vehicles leap into mid-air would solve our traffic issues.

#MaltaDaily