Because they are motorised vehicles that interact in public spaces with other vehicles and pedestrians but there is no requirement to have a licence to operate them, any test that proves aptitude, responsibility, any form of consideration for other members of the public or decency on the part of the user in any way whatsoever.

Slight inconvenience, no problem, that's ok, who cares?

Reckless foolishness that forces drivers / pedestrians to take evasive manoeuvres? That's an issue. People with drivers' licences already do foolish, dangerous things. No need to add even more potential for accidents to the mix.

I obviously wouldn't want them to catch fire and injure the rider and / or bystanders. Maybe just all quietly burn to ashes in a warehouse somewhere.

Indeed - exactly what I was thinking.

Would be great if they all caught fire.....

Disclaimer: I work in the shipping industry (on the bulk cargo ship owning and operating side) so I'm obviously biased but I couldn't keep reading this post and comments that contain so much false info and general horse-shit without weighing in with a few points.

1) SOX is regulated in the industry. Vessels are limited to burning heavy fuel oil with a max sulphur content of 3.5% at sea and distillate fuels (LSMGO) with a max content of 0.1% in any Emissions Control Area (ECA). Presently there are ECAs around Europe, North America and, some parts of China. They also exist around any island territory of the US. By 2020 the sulphur content at sea will be limited to 0.5% and 0.01% in any ECA.

2) Some AC close to 1st post stated that shipping by sea is the least efficient most expensive method of transporting anything. Really? Shipping is the most efficient method of moving X product by Y tonne of GHG emitted per mile / nautical mile / kilometre. A quick Google search can provide you with dozens of formulas to support this. However for your ease of reference, a modern bulk carrier can move 30,000MT of product from Rotterdam to New York in 10 days and will consume roughly 139MT of HFO and 134MT of LSMGO to do so. I'd like to see someone do that with a plane / train / truck and calculate how much fuel they would burn to do so.

3) For many, many reasons, most of them admittedly self serving, any modern 1st class shipping company is already light years ahead of any government regulations in regards to reducing their carbon footprint, exposure to environmental damage etc.

Whilst the article points to regulations coming into effect, it hardly covers all the steps the industry has taken until now and general public knowledge on this industry is really lacking.

What's the difference between a porcupine and a BMW?
The porcupine has pricks on the outside.

Ok, forget about the semantics of FAA / State controlled etcetera etcetera airspace and all the legal implications.

How about, as a drone operator, having the common decency to not fly it over someone's property without their permission? If you don't possess that common decency / respect / common sense in fact then you can expect that you will possibly annoy someone enough to shoot down your toy.

Both Apple and the Irish Government have already confirmed their intent to appeal and their confidence that same will be successful.

It is a disgrace that this country remains a NATO member and has candidature for the EU. Not that those two organisations are a shining light of moral rectitude but regardless....

Can't believe someone keeps modding this guy Troll.
Just because his views may not be in line with the popular view on copyright vs availability vs piracy doesn't mean he's trolling.

Grow up.

Its actually a helicopter carrier..... This is a helicopter gunship https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

The ones in Montreal are even worse for tempting one into turning them into road pizza (or street poutine if you rather).

This is not an issue of making anyone feel better. I am fully aware that Jamaican people are *part* of the problem. The influence of foreigners is equally as problematic, especially at a higher level where we are drawn into a bullshit "war on drugs" by the Americans when the only reason we have a drug trade is to supply the very demand for drugs created by the Americans etc etc.

Coincidentally, I can completely sympathise with you in your plight in your own country, I was married to a Serb for a few years! I even visited and spent quite some time there. Beautiful country, really loved it, but some messed up people and politics. Just like Jamaica and a real shame.

Zdravo Brate!

Thank you, for at least being another person from the "Third World" to counter what this man has given as advice. His advice could literally get people killed.

Mr. McAfee, I'd like to thank you for your frankness and the time you took to respond to the questions. However, in regards to dealing with corrupt officials in Third World Countries I have to strongly voice my objection to your advice.

I was born and raised in a Third World country (Jamaica to be precise) and am painfully too aware and experienced with corruption at many levels. Encouraging it is an extreme disservice to the citizens of this Third World nation, and, I believe, to any Third World nation. Educated and hard working citizens here are fighting a long, laborious, uphill battle against corruption. It is single-handedly the largest obstacle we face in the advancement of our society and country as a whole.

We take serious offence to any foreigner encouraging corruption in our police force or any area of government for that matter. Some of the advice you have given here could land a foreigner in jail for a fair spell under some extremely unpleasant circumstances and, frankly, I personally would have little to no pity for them.

I have lived and worked here all my life, been stopped for speeding, passed through countless road blocks had police officers and other officials demand bribes and never ever have I paid one. In every instance, the official in question invariably backed down with nothing gained for their efforts and, in some cases, faced serious punishment from their superiors. To add some additional perspective, I am white, so at first glance the authorities believe me to be a foreigner.

My advice to any foreigner in a similar situation would be to determinedly refuse to pay and the official WILL capitulate. Keep your wits about you, use your common sense and you wont have drugs planted on you or be placed in a compromising situation. Lastly, don't, under any circumstance, try to use your vehicle to run from a police or army road block. The police / soldiers will immediately shoot to kill or capture and they will chase you down.

Bottom line, if you want to buy, sell and take drugs, bribe cops etcetera etcetera while on some self entitled, booze/drug addled law-breaking jaunt, do it in your own country and stay out of ours. We have enough garbage to deal with as it is.