Sport , I will say that Hydro drew a pretty interesting parallel between driving laws and aircraft operations , have you heard the several stories in the news lately where drunk pilots were removed from service , some mere minutes before flying ? They end up charged with such things as reckless endangerment due to the fact that their drinking has recklessly endangered the public and of course the usual "operation of a motor vehicle while intoxicated" that a car driver would face under similar circumstances , the plane being , after all , a motor vehicle in the eyes of the law . Now , if we RC model aircraft operators ARE indeed flying "aircraft" as the FAA states , God forbid such a flight should end badly with someone injured you can bet all kinds of the same charges would be filed against the RC pilot irrespective of whether the flight was manned or not . This particular pilot , since he don't seem to follow rules no matter what he's flying , is a perfect example of the proverbial "accident waiting to happen" and as Franklin points out an indicator of the fact that "self policing" doesn't always work depending on who is or isn't at the field at any given time ....