I was just reading a tweet from Brendan Schulman @dronelaws talking about it. All of those "close calls" arte now listed as "possible encounters".
https://twitter.com/dronelaws
I'm not going to say I told you so, though.
Also..........................
Think Tank Prescribes Chill Pill for Drone Regulators
“Keep Calm and Carry on Reasonable Drone Rules” That’s the advice of one of America’s leading policy think tanks when it comes to UAV regulation.
In a recently published column for the
Brookings Institute, David Swindell, Kevin C. Desouza and Sabrina P.K. Glimcher call for common sense rules that recognize the reality that drone technology is here to stay. Citing recent cases in
Iowa City, Iowa and
Charlottesville, Virginia, where drones were banned outright, lead author Desouza points out overzealous regulators could legislate away the many benefits UAVs afford.
“As is commonly the case with new technology, governments typically engaged with a heavy hand that sometimes misses the opportunities afforded by the new technologies to improve city services and quality of life,” Desouza writes.
The report notes that while high-profile drone misuse makes for exciting television (specifically the recent California
wildfire drone debacle), governments need to avoid “regulation by default,” Brookings advises lawmakers to focus on sound policy rather than alarmist reactions to drones themselves.
“State and local governments need to engage on this policy issue more proactively. To do so, however, requires a delicate balancing act of the multiple competing interests of legitimate commercial uses, policing, public safety, privacy, and private property concerns,” Desouza said, adding that such a debate is made more difficult in an arena where “federal law remains unsettled.”
http://dronelife.com/2015/08/18/think-tank-prescribes-chill-pill-for-drone-regulators/
**** shame we have to fight this entire regime.................... every cabinet position and ABC agency is STUFFED with the raging far-left whackos that you-know-who appointed himself or by proxy. You can disagree with that political statement all you want, the facts are staring you right in the face. When some semblance of order is restored, maybe we can get on with encouraging this new technology instead of straight-up LYING about it as these agencies are doing! And with the far-left media completely in their pocket, you wonder how this FAKE calamity was perpetrated?! Puuuuuuuleeeese!!!!!