1. Any drone that can travel 300 yards or more away from the controller will have a transponder squawking a code identifying it as a drone. The squawk will be able to be changed to i.d. the drone specifically to a particular operation.
No thank you, added weight and expense reduces mission time. (A simple strobe will do).
2. Drone operators doing any operations outside of the 300 yard radius will contact ATC with a specific flight plan and will be either in constant communication with ATC or at least be immediately available to ATC via cell phone etc.
I would agree if operating within an aerodrome traffic zone, but when nowhere near an active airport? Not necessary.
3. Prior to being allowed to purchase a drone of a certain size and or range, the purchaser will read and sign a contract guaranteeing that they and anyone employed by them will follow all rules and regulations set up for drone ops. They will have to sign a legal contract stating that fully understand the severe consequences of violating the rules.
4. Any photo/video/audio material attained by these long range drones will be required to have a digital tag attached to them that identifies the specific drone and owner/operator that took the images. It will be illegal for anyone to purchase any of this material for commercial publication that does not contain the digital tag.
5. Any drone operator caught operating in a TFR without prior permission from all pertinent agencies will be subject to a severe fine. Any damage, injury or death caused by the drone will make the owner/operator subject to severe penalties including murder charges in the event of a death.
6. Any owner/operator that flies within 2 miles of a emergency operation of any kind without prior permission of all pertinent agencies will be subject to severe fines.
Unenforceable therefore waste of time.
Drones are here to stay, there will be lots more of them so get used to it.
crab
These things are for voyeurs and oddballs and should be banned from the sky before they kill someone.
There are a lot of professional outfits that operate legally and are not voyeurs etc and would therefore suffer if banned.
There have been many many collisions between full-size aircraft, resulting in hundreds of deaths. As far as I am aware, not so with these little drones eh?