US lags as commercial drones take off around globe
FILE - This March 12, 2014 file photo shows a drone landing after flying over the scene of an explosion that leveled two apartment buildings in East Harlem in New York. Brian Wilson, the owner, says he uses the aerial drone to document buildings, weddings and news events. The Federal Aviation Administration bars commercial use of drones no matter how seemingly benign. Officials say rules to address the special safety challenges associated with unmanned aircraft need to be in place before they can share the sky with manned aircraft and final regulations could be years away. But tempting technology and an eager marketplace are outrunning the aviation agency's best intentions. Photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers, and others are hurrying to embrace the technology. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)
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Posted: Sunday, March 16, 2014 7:22 am
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Updated: 10:02 am, Sun Mar 16, 2014.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government bars commercial use of drones, no matter how seemingly benign.
But already, photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers and others are hurrying to embrace the technology.
US lags as commercial drones take off around globeBut already, photographers, real estate agents, moviemakers and others are hurrying to embrace the technology.
The use of commercial
drones is starting to spread to countries where authorities have decided
the aircraft presents little threat if operators follow a few safety
rules.
U.S. officials say rules
to address the special safety challenges associated with unmanned
aircraft need to be in place before they can share the sky with manned
aircraft.
But final rules could be years away for small drones, which are defined as those weighing less than 55 pounds.
The drone industry and
some lawmakers worry that the United States will be one of the last
countries to gain the economic benefits of the technology.
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The U.S. likely will implement many laws regarding drones before they are set loose upon the populace of the U.S. In this way less people will be killed, maimed or injured by drones and less rights of individuals and less property damage will occur here. Likely, the rules put in place in the U.S. could be the standard eventually for the rest of the world which will hopefully reduce the deaths and maimings caused by drones in the rest of the world in the future.
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