On Saturday, a drone crash-landed inside the University of Kentucky Football Stadium. This happened during the pregame festivities of the Wildcats' season opener, and luckily, no one was hurt. The school spokesman said that they are discussing what to do with the drone's pilot, a Kentucky student.
This drone incident happened just two days after a drone disrupted the U.S. Open. On Thursday night, a remote controlled aircraft slammed into an empty section of the stadium of the tennis match between Flavia Pennetta and Monica Niculescu. The match paused briefly, and then Pennetta went on to win. The operator of this drone was arrested on charges of reckless endangerment, reckless operation of a drone, and operating a drone in a New York City public park outside of the prescribed area.
Drones are banned from both the grounds of the National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows and the Kentucky Campus.
Drones are definitely becoming more and more prevalent in America, and are becoming more and more dangerous. What can the American Government do to prevent more of these incidents from happening? What do you think the punishment should be for the Kentucky student, and why?
I think that the American Government should regulate who can fly drones, I feel like this will prevent uneducated pilots from putting people into danger. As far as the punishment goes, I think that the student should be expelled from the school, and then he will learn his lesson!
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Great job Kara!
I do not think that the government can do much more than to advise people to be cautionary and make sure that they know the consequences if they are not careful. I do not think that his punishment should be very severe because there are more dangerous crimes that people are committing. I do think that they should loose all privileges to drones and be expected to pay a fine.
I agree with you. I think that technology is getting ahead of us and the government really doesn't have much to do to stop it.
I don't think there should be too many regulations on drones, except maybe having a permit to fly different kinds. Because there are smaller less dangerous drones you can get. Also, no flying over stadiums while it is occupied.
I think the "no flying over stadiums while it is occupied" is a good idea, and I think that should go for other highly populated areas as well!
I agree with Caleb, that the government won't have very much control over who purchases and uses drones. I think that the punishment for using a drone in the wrong way should be a severe consequence; then people won't want to mess with them. I don't really think the student should be expelled from the school, but maybe he could do some community service hours and a short suspension from the school campus.
I think that, if the government severely punishes anyone whoever misuses a drone, people might not want to use them as much. I guess we won't know until we find out!
I feel that the government isn't going to be able to control who has a drone because they are going to start getting used by so many people. They might make it harder to get a drone but thats it. The student should get a fine but nothing more. They can't give him a huge punishment because they didn't have many rules involving drones.
You make a good point, I do think that technology is getting to the point that we can't control it anymore!
I think that the government needs to start making some more rules on who can fly them, when they can fly them, and where it's appropriate to fly them. I agree with you that only some experienced people should be able to fly to drones so that less people would be in danger when inexperienced pilots are flying them. I also think that the Kentucky student should be expelled for recklessly putting others in danger.
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