Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

This raises privacy issues

Eliott C. Mclaughlin - BLOGS - June 13, 2012

Technology leverages limited manpower, but proper use of flying drones will be hotly debated --Ed.

Go ahead and use drones to track down criminals, to combat illegal immigration or for search-and-rescue missions. But to issue traffic citations?

No way, say Americans.

A recent Monmouth University poll showed there was overwhelming support for using unmanned aircraft in a variety of circumstances, but routine police work was not one of them.... [Read More]

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

I hope this will be different from private companies peddling red light cameras for profit over public safety.

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

Instead of penalizing speeders we should just install speed governors at the factory.. 55 baby!.. and then arm the drones with Hellfire missiles since a speeder has obviously broken the law and disabled the governor.

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Porn. They're going to be used for porn. It's only a matter of time before the drones are posting pics of the clothing optional beaches. It always goes that way

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I went to one of those once. Let's just say that the drone operator probably is gonna have to review a lot of footage that's hard to look at :eek: before they get to anything that could go online.

I'm pretty sure that they are already used for industrial espionage. Back in the day I knew engineers at Case New Holland that would hire a crop duster to film John Deere's proving grounds during Deere's field tests. Drones would have to simplify that.

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

I've been thinking of the reaction of drivers seeing a drone with missiles.

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

In the end our congress critters will do what the lobbyists want, not what their constituents want. (As they alway do. Taxpayers are the only group that don't have a lobbyist working on their behalf.)

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

The cops could all drive Priuses and radio-in the speeders instead of chasing them, think of the fuel savings :)

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My predicted response on suspects seeing an approaching drone with missiles - they would flee, just like when the late Rodney King saw a helicopter during his memorable arrest.

Re: Americans polled favor flying drones to track felons, but NOT speeders
 

Anything goes as long as it would be legal for a patrol car or policeman on foot. Like red light cameras these should be seen as making policing easierr not replacing police.