> Why would you expect that a brand-new, mostly-unregulated technology would be safer than one that is over a century old with a lot of safety regulation in pla

> Why would you expect that a brand-new, mostly-unregulated technology would be safer than one that is over a century old with a lot of safety regulation in place? Because they have a very different risk profile. Regulations are trading heavy risks with cars. Drones are smaller and don't share space with humans on the ground during normal operations. That means they "only" have to coordinate with other air traffic while not falling out of the air at too high a rate.