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US will reportedly require consumers to register their drones
If you get a new drone this holiday season, you might have to register it with the US government. According to a report from NBC News, the US is ready to announce new requirements for consumers purchasing drones, the most notable of which is that you'll need to register it with the department of transportation. It's part of a plan to make sure that drones don't end up colliding with aircraft flying in and out of airports, something that has the government rightly concerned. (www.engadget.com) Plus d'info...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
One more time, government is here to help! Get ready to pay for that registration and be tracked, user fees will be next and more revenue for the legislature to grow (needed) programs and administration - sucking for more ways to take your money!
This registration stuff won't stop the illegal use. What makes our illustrious government think think this will solve the problem? Nothing can be done to stop stupid people until an airliner is brought down by one of these drones. I hope it's not mine. Registration is for law abiding citizens. The rest are not going to comply with any laws.
I have no problem registering my drone because I don't break laws or invade someone else's privacy to have fun with it. If we could get rid of the selfish jerk-type drone owners, this problem wouldn't exist. Unfortunately, as per usual, most law-abiding drone owners are being punished for the idiots.
I have a problem with it and I will not do it... Next I will have to register and have N numbers for all of my RC planes, and then they will require us to pay annual fees... It keeps going and going... I will not give them the entrance to start into other more intrusive stuff... If you look at Hitler, that is how he got started.
I didn't think of all the fees, Sparkie, and that's a good point. I was just thinking about how some of the idiot drone operators endanger flights, firefighting, and sometimes people on the ground (such as at the U.S. Open this year). I don't like gov't. intrusion, but I wouldn't want to be on a plane and have a drone be sucked into the engine. If a bird can do damage then I imagine a drone would be worse. If the owners would use common sense with their drones then we wouldn't have these problems/decisions to deal with, but common sense seems like just a little too much to expect these days.
Most the reported Drones have proven to be of no Danger to aircraft. Sure they were not where they were supposed to be, but the numbers have been thrown out of proportion.