But again, Congress acted on issues caused by quad copters and park flyers flown by the "I'm Special" crowd. Let's look at some of the transgressions of that group that caused Congress to act:
- flying over a fire zone and forcing the grounding of fire fighting aircraft
- colliding with full sized military helicopters
- video recording inside other's residences
- flying over sporting events/crowds
- interfering with full size aircraft operations at airports
Stuff like this forced Congress to act. Since stuff like this is still happening, Congress is requiring the FAA to take more and more aggressive measures, including the requirement of equipping all R/C aircraft with transponders. I say all because, eventually, the FRIA system will be deemed unworkable since the sites are all, at least for now, AMA sites and the AMA isn't going to last forever with the present management