One must wonder: Did any of the blue-sky engineers and tinkerers who
thought up prop-driven cars over the decades ever think of the safety
aspect of a huge rotating blade spinning away just a brief distance
from pedestrians?
Perhaps that's why so few attempted it over the
years, as shown by Michael Lamm's brief but entertaining review of
propeller-driven cars in SIA #36, September-October 1976.
And before
you all start writing in, Lamm did seem to miss both the Helica and the Helicron. And I believe the article was written well before the Isetta prop car was built. Feel free to add any others that he might've missed.
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