A Power Outage In Silicon Valley Was Caused By A Drone Crash (mercurynews.com)

An anonymous reader quotes the San Jose Mercury News: A drone crashed into a high-voltage wire Thursday night, causing tens of thousands of dollars in damage and knocking out power to roughly 1,600 people for about two hours, police said... "The FAA has rules and regulations in place to prevent this exact type of incident from happening," said Mountain View police spokeswoman Katie Nelson. "We simply ask that people comply with the rules and that they operate drones safely and sensibly."
The town's city hall was without power -- along with the rest of the 1,600 homes -- prompting a Google software engineer to tweet that "drones are fun until someone flies one into high-voltage power lines." They added later that "apparently the owner 'fled in a white hatchback', which is the least dignified way that someone can flee, I think."

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Simple question

[Anonymous Coward]

Can anyone explain to me why this isn't justification for banning drones? Too many people are using them with complete disregard for the law and in harmful ways. This is yet another example of their dangers and why they should be altogether banned. I know the moderators will mod me down to -1 but I'm not a troll and this question needs to be asked. The real reason for modding me down will be because Slashdot readers don't have an answer for this question. I also expect ad hominem logical fallacies and personal attacks, which will further provide evidence that I'm correct and my position can't be refuted. Can anyone justify drones being legal? The answer is no. Nobody here can even provide a valid answer as to why they need a drone. Just like ordinary citizens don't need assault weapons, they also don't need drones.