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Why We Need Certain Consumer Drone Regulations

Posted by samzenpus on from the get-out-of-the-way dept.

stowie writes: In the last week, state and federal firefighters have fought more than 270 wildfires in California. Here's the problem: firefighters are seeing more unauthorized consumer drones flying over active wildfires. Maybe the drone owners don't know or maybe they don't care, but temporary flight restrictions are placed over wildfire areas due to the aircraft used to help contain the fires. The aircraft used to knock down flames and survey burn areas have to cease operations when there is a drone in the air.

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  1. Re:Give firefighters shotguns by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I'm not entirely sure that shooting black folk was illegal in South Carolina. This is the same state that just a few months ago submitted an amicus brief to SCOTUS which argued that the 14th Amendment does not prohibit states from discriminating against women[1]. Which if taken to it's logical conclusion means, for example, they should be free to reinstate rape laws which permitted a husband to have sex with his wife without her contemporaneous consent.

    [1] http://www.slate.com/blogs/outward/2015/04/09/south_carolina_we_can_discriminate_against_women_so_why_not_gays.html