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06-01-2015 | 07:54 AM

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From: Apache Junction AZ. WI 0WI8

I advocated geographic and altitude restrictions on sUAS flying (in any form) that keeps them clear of the overwhelming majority of manned aircraft. Just today, US Senator Chuck Schumer is quoted in USA Today that the near miss yesterday in New York "should be a wake-up call for stricter limits on drone use."

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Originally Posted by Sport_Pilot

What you and Schumer are advocating will accomplish nothing. The idiots will still be flying in front of airliners with complete ignorance or disregard.

Sport:
U are absolutely correct, just because there is a limit or a law doesn't mean it will be obeyed. Traffic laws, gun laws, or criminal laws are broken all the time. What laws do accomplish is to make the offender alone responsible for his actions & not penalize every one that obeys the law.. Example when there is a drunken driver arrested and prosecuted they don't close all the bars to prevent drunken drivers. They don't ban cars because they may be driven bu a drunk & kill someone in an accident. Neither should the Powers that be blanketly ban all R/C TOYs because of the irresponsible actions of a few.
As I've said before There is software available when a Quad is equipped with a GPS that limits the Quads max altitude based on it's GPS proximity to airports. I Believe within 3 miles or so of an air port it wouldn't even turn the motors on. There are all kinds of options to control the offenders and let the responsible R/C TOY flyers alone to fly the way we have for the last 70+ years with little or now problems until the introduction of the Quad-rotors. But then this is just too simple a concept for Senators and the like to fathom. Again JMHO

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