Congressional Digest

Excerpt

The mass production of the automobile in the early 1900s increased mobility; created new economic, social, and recreational opportunities; and changed the American landscape. But these advancements were accompanied by new risks. With no stop signs, traffic lights, traffic cops, drivers’ licenses, or speed limits, reckless driving, collisions, and pedestrian fatalities became serious problems requiring new regulatory solutions. Some see parallels between the dawn of the automobile age and the current proliferation of “drones” — otherwise known as unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) — and say that “highways…