Backyard barbeque drone fliers in Britain may want to have a designated pilot standing by before long. UK authorities are now studying a proposal to set legal limits on alcohol for drone operation even tighter than the DUI thresholds for drivers.

The UK government’s Department of Transport (DfT) is considering the alcohol restrictions on  drone operation as part of a broader overhaul of rules regulating airspace. The move anticipates the skies becoming considerably more crowded as the number of leisure drones and commercial craft for deliveries, surveying, inspections, and passenger transport expands in the near future. As part of that, the DfT is studying proposals to set stricter blood and breath alcohol limits on private fliers, and tighten those already in place for “specific category” pilots providing services such as wedding photography or real estate evaluations.

As currently written, that plan would set maximum amateur alcohol levels of 0.29…

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Source: dronedj.com