FAA launches drone registration website, gives owners February deadline

$5 fee will be waived for those who register by mid-January.

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JumpNDesign[/url]":15srbva3]This should of been free, instead they are turning it into a money grab that's justified by, but we gave you fair warning you'd have to pay. Smh.

Because those webservers and people who have to handle claims pay for themselves right?

This is what taxes are for.

Why should the general taxpayer be on the hook for something that's a niche interest? A $5 fee is pretty damn modest and reasonable for this.

They are the ones that decided they needed this database and registration. They need to come up with the funding to run said database.

No the increasingly retarded actions of operators dictated this. Just as tabs for driving a car aren't being forced on pedestrians. I could rattle off a dozen other example. These are focused fees for those who want to partake in the activity. And if you can drop $100+ on a drone. You can damn well drop $5 on registration. If you are going to throw a hissy fit about $5......you are complaining for complaining sake. Nothing more.



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lewax00[/url]":3esh6fb0]And how exactly are you going to hold someone accountable if you have no idea who they are? Hence the registration...

And how exactly are you going to hold someone accountable if they haven't registered?

The answer to both of these questions is identical, by the way.

And at a certain point if it becomes obvious that people refuse to register the thing, registration and tracking will occur at checkout when someone purchases the device. This process gives people the opportunity to be open and honest about it. But just as initially there was no registration for drones. If its abused, the law will be refined further. The excuse that just because someone may not register it, isn't legit. Something is better then nothing. And if people start learning they will get hit up with heavy fees if they don't register. (do they?) Things may change.

 

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lewax00[/url]":hf95ilci]And how exactly are you going to hold someone accountable if you have no idea who they are? Hence the registration...

And how exactly are you going to hold someone accountable if they haven't registered?

The answer to both of these questions is identical, by the way.

And that's when the extra punishments are added on. Your argument seems to be self defeating.

That is the norm. I'd bet he also is against gun laws because criminals will find a way around them.

 

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siliconaddict[/url]":ctk4mj73]Something is better then nothing.

Right here, those five words, the cause of every single piece of backwards, broken legislation in all countries.

And you would prefer chaos. Anyone out there have a chronically of the list of drone incidents in the last 2 years to use as a reference. And this is before every idiot gets their hands on one. If you want perfect laws before they get implemented might I suggest you go buy an island and build your own civilization, because it doesn't happen anywhere. Meanwhile as you search for perfect legislation more and more people buy these damn things and have no idea what minimum safety requirements are.

 

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The only reason why RC planes were never regulated is because it was a very small group of relatively well behaved and educated enthusiasts. Even if there were bad actors the small number of operators mean there were very few chances for incidents.

The reason why we're starting to see regulations is because the hobby has become very accessible and drone flyers greatly out number old RC groups. I think it is fair to say the average drone pilot knows less than his RC counter part and the rate of bad actors due to ignorance or other factors is probably much higher. Even if the rate of bad actors was equivalent to the RC pilots, there are so many more drone pilots that it can become a major issue.

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Once again the "progressive" attitude of the masses being too stupid to be able to act reasonable...

I feel like if you stubbed your toe, you'd find a way to blame "progressives".

Or just keep swinging at strawmen so you can feel like a big winner. Whatever.

Typical libbie,... always in vicious attack-dog mode when you disagree with them,...

Typical neo con. Make a lot of noise over here about a side issue to distract from the real issues over here.