ORIGINAL: 378
ORIGINAL: matadco
From what I read here there are those who really could care less if they cause injury to others and more than likely would be financially unable to compensate for the damages they cause.
Because 'accepting responsibility for the safe operation of their models' directly translates to 'Buy AMA insurance'.
Riiiiiiight.
Look, pal, you may need to buy insurance in order to operate your stuff safely, but not everyone does. I have no problem doing so without. I don't want to injure someone with my RCs, the blood stains the covering and doesn't do the engines any internal favors, but that doesn't mean I need to send sixty bucks a year to a bunch of bureaucrats. I've been operating my glow powered cars for seven years now and I haven't even so much as stubbed a toe or burnt a fingerprint with them.
Operating RCs safely isn't rocket science.
It is unfortunate there are those who refuse to accept responsibility for their actions
I don't need a card in my wallet and a magazine spamming up my mailbox to accept responsibility for my actions. I'm independent enough to do that on my own, don't need my hand held every step of the way.
348, I think you are missing something here. No card, magazine or association will make you a safe flier and, sadly, nobody really cares if you burn your thumb. In fact, to simplify matters, let's leave the AMA out of the discussion for now.
The concern is over your ability to pay for any damage caused by you or your model to others. As I will explain, this is of benefit to you as well as any potential injured party.
I fully realize that you display consummate skill and immaculate judgement in all things. Still the unprodictable can an does happen. Mechanical failure of even the most expertly and carefully maintained device. Vagrities of weather. You coukd be bitten by a snake nd momentairily distracted. A nearby asteroid strike could kick up dust obscuring your vision. Any one of thousands of things could cause your moded to do damage or injury, perhaps a mile or more from the launch site.
This is important to you because in today's litigious society you will almost certainly be held liable by a court of law. You could be held liable for an amount far in excess of the actual damages.
"Not to worry," you say. $ I don't have $60.00 to pay for insurance, so they sure can't get$387546.00 out of me to pay for little Suzy's therapy."
No they can't. They can garnish your wages, take your truck and come up with a thousand ways to make your life miserable.
Just a couple of reasons not to blow off the idea of some kind of liability insurance,
jess
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