ULC Proposal to Ban Drones from Flying Below 200 Feet (USA)

[Dave Pitman]

The Uniform Law Commission (ULC) has proposed a law that draws a 200-foot line in the sky under which no drones can operate without permission from private property owners.

Draft Law:
http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/docs/drones, tort law relating to/2018oct_TLRDA_Mtg Draft_ADA.pdf

Industry Rebuttal:
http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/d...ting to/2018oct17_TLRDA_Industry Comments.pdf

 

[dawgpilot]

This is a ridiculous proposal that would make many drone operations impractical. Hopefully the industry and FAA push back hard.

 

[MapMaker53]

The more limiting and unreasonable the laws, the more likely operators are going to choose to ignore them.

 

[Earnest Ward]

This was first proposed by the ULC back in July (about the same time that some special interest groups were attempting to privatize the NAS.) Fortunately, the FAA - and much of the sUAS stakeholder community - were immediate & vocal in their opposition (in part because the ULC falsely claimed to have FAA backing.)

Unfortunately, the ULC - which has NO expertise in aviation/drones, but seems to be made up of folks who garner substantial incomes from litigation - has no intention of letting this go, is trying to play on unfounded fear & hype, and has now repackaged and reissued the power grab proposal (v2.0) http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/docs/drones, tort law relating to/2018oct_TLRDA_Mtg Draft_ADA.pdf

 

[Dave Pitman]

Unfortunately, the ULC - which has NO expertise in aviation/drones, but seems to be made up of folks who garner substantial incomes from litigation - has no intention of letting this go, is trying to play on unfounded fear & hype, and has now repackaged and reissued the power grab proposal (v2.0) http://www.uniformlaws.org/shared/docs/drones, tort law relating to/2018oct_TLRDA_Mtg Draft_ADA.pdf

Yes, that's why I started the thread and posted that document and the industry rebuttal in the first post (in case you missed it).

 

[Earnest Ward]

Yes, that's why I started the thread and posted that document and the industry rebuttal in the first post (in case you missed it).

Oops! (Seems the weekly update doesn't include all of the posts for each thread.)

 

[BryanD]

I did not download and read the articles so I am responding to your summary of them .

I usually say "never say never" but that will NEVER FLY!