So Finn Lewis didn't bother with those, since if they wanted to come after him, they had to be prepared to be taken out. These matters didn't require Finn Lewis's concern.
The flying car wasn't very fast, although much faster than the planes on Earth, but it would still take about an hour to reach the destination. This was a restriction put in place by the Death Star to consolidate its rule, for if there were no restrictions, who knows when warships could directly enter the Death Star's atmosphere.
It's worth noting that the actual rulers of the Death Star almost all reside within the atmosphere, so they strictly limit any flight chess, except for warships within their own forces. Any other warship attempting to enter the atmosphere of the Death Star only has one outcome—they would be immediately locked on by the planet's defense system and then taken out.
