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Like a drone falling out of the sky:
The Federal Aviation Administration's requirement that hobby drone users register their devices was struck down in an appeals court Friday.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of John Taylor, a drone hobbyist who had challenged the legality of the FAA's drone-registration program.
The program, which was instituted in December 2015, required hobby drone owners to register through an FAA website for a $5 fee. Drone hobbyists were then issued a unique identification, which they were required to mark on their drones. Within the first month, nearly 300,000 drone owners had registered.
Previously:
All Drones in U.S. to Require Federal Registration
FAA Drone Registry to be Publicly Searchable
Drones and RC Models Must be Registered by February 16[, 2016]
Nearly 300,000 Recreational Drone Owners in U.S. Database
(Score: 2) by art guerrilla on Saturday May 20 2017, @10:42PM
i don't know, sticks are not toys, you know, someone could POKE AN EYE OUT...
better register all stick owners of 6" or more...
i don't know, stones are not toys, you know, someone could hit your eyeglasses and POKE AN EYE OUT...
better register all stone owners of 1 oz or more...
i don't know, driving metal boxes around filled with explosive liquid is not a toy, you know, someone could blow up and -even worse- POKE AN EYE OUT...
better not let those death machines loose at all ! ! !
i don't know, playing with balls inside the house is dangerous, you know, someone could break some china and subsequently POKE AN EYE OUT...
better all wear bubbles 24/7/365...
an infinitude of otherwise harmless things COULD result in some bad outcome (mostly poking eyes out, according to parents), BUT THEY ALMOST NEVER DO...
(how many of your friends actually ended up with their eyes poked out after they did stupid things ? ? ? thought so, we'd all be blind...)
but, hey, let's guide the use of EVERYTHING in the universe based on the 1-in-a-million worst outcome...
suck it up, buttercup, or i'll poke your fucking eyes out...