Wonder what took them so long, I wonder how many folks will bite at this. And as usual the government is about to make a ton of money. I believe it's a good start but it will be a bad ending. There will be folks out there that will not comply. Those are the ones that will make drone flying hard for others. What's the good about this is those folks that refuse to fly there drone in safe open places and think they are immune to do whatever, like getting in the way of firefighters, and flying around airports etc. Those folks that fly around those places no that they are wrong.
And to be honest you folks that think you are so good at flying those drones in those areas are really not that good at all. Just daredevils!
So the new law on the surface sounds bad, but in reality I believe it will keep most folks honest.
I live about 9 miles from the airport, and even then there will be low flying planes that need a runway and will fly low over my house to land, maybe 1500 feet or more. Believe me when I say I don't even look at my drone to fly. I don't want to be in a conversation about someone saw a drone in the area, even at ten miles away.
So I can look at this in two ways, one, there are to many fools out there flying, or two, the government is looking to a way to make some money. Could be both.