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A J Posted at 11-13 08:20
I will still get a good price for the MA2 on Ebay and more than enough to get the Mini 2 FMC with some extras but it will be a downgrade, no denying it. That said I don't want to be pushed in to the middle of nowhere to fly without the risk of a fine and I am not paying £250 to sit an exam to fly it 50m away from people for two years. I don't use my drone/s to make money. Thats why I did this poll to get an understanding of where people are at in terms of their intentions - I suspect not everyone is ever aware and I can see a lot of fines next year from non registration of Mini's to people flying larger Mavic's and Phantom's in local parks around other people. It's all unfolding now - and this is merely the beginning!
With respect to not everyone knowing the law I would say that from my law books I would offer:
Ignorantia juris non excusat (ignorance of the law is not an excuse) is a legal principle holding that a person who is unaware of a law may not escape liability for violating that law merely because one was unaware of its content. Laws are considered to be instituted when promulgated/published to the public.
Even though it would be impossible, even for someone with substantial legal training, to be aware of every law in operation, this is the price paid to ensure that willful blindness cannot become the basis of exculpation. In other words in the case of not following drone laws "ignorance is not bliss".
I'm sure you know some will follow the new laws and others will just blow it off until they get hit with a hefty fine. If fines don't work then they definitely will make the laws even more stricter whereby only commercial venues will be able to fly drones. That would be a sad day for sure. Hope we never reach that point, but in today's society it could happen. |
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