[Maceman]

I have a very bad feeling about private drone use.

It seems cool, but just imagine living in a world where these things are flying around all over the place, running errands -- delivering pizzas and dry cleaning and providing services for thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of private citizens.

Just the collision risk is enough to make me shiver, to say nothing of the criminal use potential.

I wonder what liability insurance will cost for a retailer delivering food or other merchandise around town. Imagine walking down the street and getting hit in the head with a private drone that's off course.

[VanDeKoik]

"It seems cool, but just imagine living in a world where these things are flying around all over the place, running errands -- delivering pizzas and dry cleaning and providing services for thousands, hundreds of thousands or millions of private citizens.

Just the collision risk is enough to make me shiver, to say nothing of the criminal use potential."

You mean like automobiles?

[Cyber Liberty]

Collision avoidance will be a primary part of the programming of these early drones.

[arthurus]

to say nothing of the criminal use potential.

Surely the gangs will have the hit potential for these things figured out soon. Those little quad rotors are cheap and versatile. Mounting a .22 mag one shot barrel one should be pretty easy.