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Maybe drones should require liability insurance coverage. That should create a market forces that encourages safer drone technology. Disclosure: I work for an
by deckar01 9y ago
Maybe drones should require liability insurance coverage. That should create a market forces that encourages safer drone technology.
Disclosure: I work for an insurance company and previously owned a commercial drone business.
- thephyber 9y agoMandating insurance perverts incentives. Insurance wouldn't necessarily pay out the claim, putting the drone owner in a position of the liability (s)he is in now. Also, this does nothing to change incentives for the electrical grid, which should not be nearly as brittle as it is. That said, this is probably the simplest single solution to address what happened -- assuming anything should be done.
- asynchronous13 9y agoAlso mandatory insurance for kites and balloons, either of which could have caused the same damage.
- seanp2k2 9y agoEspecially kiteboarding kites (with sizes of 5-20sq meters) which are flown by Sherman Island right near the high-voltage power lines which also go over the river.