{"id":38031,"date":"2015-12-14T18:30:54","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T23:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=38031"},"modified":"2015-12-14T18:30:54","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T23:30:54","slug":"new-faa-mandates-force-drone-users-to-register","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2015\/12\/new-faa-mandates-force-drone-users-to-register\/","title":{"rendered":"New FAA Mandates <br>Force Drone Users To Register"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-38032\" title=\"Drone\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Drone-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Drone-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Drone.jpg 534w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>If you own a drone in Southwest Florida or plan on getting one under your tree later this month, you most likely will have to register it with the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA unveiled new regulations Monday which cover nearly all drones, other than those weighing less than half a pound, in a bid to hold reckless operators accountable.<\/p>\n<p>More than a million drones are forecast to be sold during the holiday season and regulators are trying to send a message to users that the devices are more than just toys and their misuse could lead to punishment and stiff fines.<\/p>\n<p>Registration for drones begins on Dec. 21 and costs $5 for each one. Those registering within 30 days will have their fees reimbursed. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.faa.gov\/news\/press_releases\/news_story.cfm?newsId=19856\">FAA Press Release<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More users will ultimately mean more regulations, and the FAA says non-registrants could face thousands of dollars in fines and even prison time if they don&#8217;t toe the line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you own a drone in Southwest Florida or plan on getting one under your tree later this month, you most likely will have to register it with the Federal&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38031"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38031"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38031\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}