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The first global drone standards have been revealed
As drone use grows, rules and regulations remain in flux and vary among jurisdictions. Last month, for instance, the Federal Aviation Administration granted operators of certain drones approval to fly them in controlled airspace in the US, but the UK has an outright ban on using them within a kilometer of airports. To help establish best practices, the International Organization for Standardization has released the first draft set of global standards for drone use.
The draft does suggest no-fly zones around airports and other restricted areas, along with geofencing measures to keep drones away from sensitive locations. The standards also call for drone operators to respect others' privacy and a human intervention fail-safe for all flights. The ISO additionally suggested that training, flight logging and maintenance requirements should be in place, along with data protection rules.
[...] The draft set of standards was released just as the UK's air safety board said about half of air traffic incidents are drone-related. More sets of ISO drone standards will follow, which will cover technical specs, traffic control, and manufacturing quality.
(Score: 2) by qzm on Thursday November 29 2018, @09:42AM
Stop being so foolish.
As I am sure you are aware, mr semantics, what I am stating is they are not placing a new limitation on what can be legally done, you are already not allowed to fly in those airspaces.
These are new methods of enforcement which are not at all limited to this situation, it is just the rationale for them..
Perhaps you would be happy if the government could control where you are allowed to drive your car at will, and had realtime tracking of it always?
After all, Cars cause a great deal of death, and are regularly used in many kinds of crimes - so surely you would support such a change?