2009: Highway Patrol Predator Drone Issues Thousands of Speeding Tickets Annually.
You will be protected, and you will appreciate it.
Were from the government and were here to help you....
A whole new arena of "spying on your neighbor".
Ooh, wait! Yet another chance to trot out this old line: "If you're not doing anything wrong, then you don't have anything to worry about."
Ah, there, it's been said.
I've heard that the US Border Patrol wants to buy a fleet of Predator drones (without the armed capability, of course!) to monitor the entire US-Mexican border. At the cruising altitude of 10,000 feet those things are pretty quiet and very difficult to see.
So who's going to patent the first DIY Surface to Air Missile kit?
This may seem innocent enough; however, when you think of the bullying and abuse inflicted upon average, law abiding citizens by draconian "environmental protection" laws and the bullies and morons who direct and enforce them, it becomes frightening and antithetical to freedom, the pursuit of happiness, and everything the United States stands for, and it renders the American people highly vulnerable to oppression, injustice, and abuse.
Bill (clinton) and Barbra (baby babs) had better be carefull now....with that thing soaring above us, no telling what it will see......hahahahahaha
What will happen when the first couple of civilian aircraft are downed by these things?
Has the FAA even issued domestic cert and ops rules for
large remote control or autonomous aircraft?
At what point does an R/C toy become something that
requires certification?
Big Brother be a drone. Watch for more and more Big Brother stuff in America as turns to the North American Union, more interested in monitoring people than stopping them from illegally get here to begin with.
I like the idea of using drones for the Border.
I'm less inclined to like them for domestic spying though. Tracking of suspected terrorists domestically would be ok. But speeding tickets should be off limits to drones.
Actually I think we should automate driving. It would eliminate the non-productive speeding ticket industry, wrecks, injuries, autobody repair, a multitude of lawyers. It would free elderly and youth to travel. Computerized systems would make travel more efficient, eliminate road blocks, etc.
Every night/morning around 2:00 a.m. this week, I have heard many flyovers from a nearby air foce base 100 miles away. They practice all the time during the day, but these night flyovers have gone on for a couple hours each.
Stories like this just can't put the black helicopter people at ease.