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Just last week I was having what I thought was a fanciful conversation with a friend about exactly this. I'm amazed to see this materialise and very interested to see how the regulation process is handled.

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Crazy ridiculous idea: have the copters attached to a cable or pole that it drags along the ground, or whatever is necessary so it isn't considered a flying vehicle. Or just fly it really close to the ground.

Actually even just a UGV would be pretty useful.

I'll look forward to pulling that cable down and taking the contents of the packages

And it will probably record it and call the police on you. That drones specifically will be targeted for crime is ridiculous. Do you steal packages left out in front of people's houses or mail? What about ATMs and vending machines that are full of cash and just left unattended?

Crime will happen, sure, but it won't be that common and there are easy things that could be done to deter it.

Bezos, in the interview, intimated 2015 was the targeted year to get the regulations approved.

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