The Facts,
the rules, as they are for the last 40 years also count for drones....we here in Europe run similar rules...maybe more restrict than in the US....but this maybe has to do with the much closer areas we have, where people are living.....
as written, the pro's will (maybe) stay inside this rules.....because they make their living with this
the real issues is the thousands of drone freak....today, they are 99+ percent of the drone user.....what's behind them....normally no pro equipment...no proper training...no experience when something starts going wrong.....and finally....and this is the sad experience here in Europe (and a big issue in Germany).....they give a da...mn sh...t on the laws and rules............also they know the rules....they ignore the rules....one of the real dangerous use of drone....in an airport area....nearly every week it comes in the news, that again a drone was flown inside an airfield (airport) area by a unknown user.....
but did it stop after the news.....no....it happens again and again.....sometimes you can get the feeling it becomes a sport to break this laws and rules.....
Worse....after some fatal incidents caused by drones, nobody end up at the court....because all this used drones are not registered in any way....so the user could never be found.....
in Germany from all incidents with drones, 100% of the user of the drones walked away without fine....because, they couldn't be found....
Back to the salt.....how you like to find the user at the salt....zero chance to find them....
when you can't find them.....how you catch them when a incident happens....
or say it in other words....the one who cry's now as the loudest to allowed the drones.....will be the loudest who will cry if he became a victim of a incident with a drone.....
it is great, that there is a big fine written for wrong use of the drone.....but what count it, if you have no chance to find the one who done wrong....
At the salt we are more than busy to keep the meets safe....not only for the racers but also for crew members and spectators.....and it is tough to do this 100 %.....
with all this what the organizers are doing....and they doing a great job on the safety issue....there are still enough example that something went wrong and out of control.....
so, we are interest to reduce the necessary base safety to control the not pro drone user (which is in fact impossible).....
and by the way.....Jon (Wennerberg) wrote about the one he knows (and asked for the use of a drone)....one pro who respect the laws and rules....
he is a rare example....I never had seen a so pro drone user at the salt, since they start to use drones.....they all, without exception, ignored the rules and laws....so well they are known....
just for to get the right kick for their own video/photo production....and therefore they give a sh...t on the rules and laws....
But maybe we need at first a heavy incident that the people understand the risk....but than we are in trouble....there are enough people outside the salt, who just wait for a so situation to kick our Acura......and we deliver the reason for doing this.....
and it will finally hurt the other who done correct and in safe manner.....
Midget, you be absolute right with your comments