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You Better Fly A Drone Sober In New Jersey

Violators face up to six months in jail.
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(Reuters) - New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a law on Monday making it illegal to fly an unmanned drone aircraft after too many drinks, a spokesman said on the Republican’s last day in office.

The law prohibits flying a drone with a blood alcohol content of 0.08 percent or higher, the same as for driving a vehicle, or while drugged. Violators face up to six months in jail, a $1,000 fine or both.

The measure, which passed the Democratic-controlled state legislature earlier this month, also bars flying a drone near a prison or in pursuit of wildlife.

The drone measure was among 109 bills that Christie signed into law on his last full day in office, spokesman Brian Murray said by email. Christie’s successor, Democrat Phil Murphy, is to be sworn in on Tuesday.

At least 38 states are considering restrictions on drone flying this legislative year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

The Consumer Technology Association has forecast that 3.1 million drones were sold in the United States last year, up 28 percent from the year before.

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Best Drone Photos Of 2017
Nature(01 of12)
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First place: "Summer Trim" by Jerome Courtial, France.
This photo is of a lavender field in Provence, France, being harvested won first prize. "I went to Valensole hoping to get an original picture rather than the classic view with the sunset in the background,” Courtial told Dronestagram. “I knew this was the beginning of the harvest season so I hunted down tractors and waited patiently until some started to harvest in a pattern that would create a pleasing composition from above." (credit:Jerome Courtial/Dronestagram)
(02 of12)
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Second place, "Infinite Road to Transylvania" by Calin Stan, Romania.
“This is the image of Cheia DN1A road that takes you to Transylvania, here in Romania. Yes, THAT Transylvania,” Stan told the contest. “Or, as the legend says, this is the view that Count Dracula himself saw on his nocturnal flight.” (credit:Calin Stan/Dronestagram)
(03 of12)
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Third place, "Ice Formation" by Florian Ledoux, Greenland.
A sea ice formation in east Greenland was the subject of Florian's chilling image. (credit:Florian Ledoux/Dronestagram)
People(04 of12)
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First place, "End of the Line" by Martin Sanchez, the United States.
“I noticed an empty tennis court that just stood out like a treasured story in a book of empty words,” Sanchez told the contest. The photo is of people playing on a tennis court in New Jersey. (credit:Martin Sanchez/Dronestagram)
(05 of12)
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Second place, "Waterlily" by a user named helios1412,
Vietnam. Dronestagram does not offer much information about this artist or their photo, but it is of a woman harvesting water lilies in a pond in the Mekong Delta in Vietnam. (credit:helios1412/Dronestagram)
(06 of12)
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Third place, "La Vijanera" by Javier Bustamante, Spain.
The photo was taken during, La Vijanera, a winter carnival that takes place in the town of Silió in Cantabria, Spain. “This party consists on a group of hunters who want to capture a bear,” Bustamante told the contest. “This photo is the end of the party in which the bear is captured.” (credit:Javier Bustamante/Dronestagram)
Urban(07 of12)
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First place, "Concrete Jungle" by Bachir Moukarzel, United Arab Emirates.
The photo was shot at sunset in Dubai. “[The] area, which was a literally a desert 10 years back, and now [is] a concrete jungle with the highest buildings in Dubai,” the photographer said. (credit:Bachir Moukarzel/Dronestagram)
(08 of12)
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Second place, "Dawn On Mercury Tower" by Alexey Goncharov, Russia.
“Sometimes going to work I leave home a little bit earlier and I get my drone with me in order to take a flight. That was the case with the given photo,” Goncharov told the contest. “I was sitting on a bench at the square near Moscow International Business Centre in search of a beautiful reflection in mirror windows of ‘Mercury’ tower. While in the flight, I saw industrial climbers. I liked the way their work looked from that perspective: they seemed to wash the city itself, not just the building's windows.” (credit:AlexeyGoncharov/Dronestagram)
(09 of12)
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Third place, "Peace" by Luis Saguar Domingo, Spain.
“I was in Madrid looking for a nice place for flying my drone and add it to my Instagram account,” Domingo told the contest. “And I found a good place for taking a picture and when I saw my picture it was really cool and symmetrical.” (credit:Luis Saguar Domingo/Dronestagram)
Creativity(10 of12)
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“Ugo le marin” by Rga, (the “Creative” category awarded Dronestagram members who had posted drone photos in 2017 on the site)
This photo was taken on a beach. The photographer had the idea to use “the sand as a large sheet of paper.”“So my two sons and I drew a scene related to the sea,” the artist told the contest. “On the image you can see my oldest son.” (credit:rga/Dronestagram)
(11 of12)
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“Next Level” by Macareuxprod
This drone photo was taken on a beach, and was meant to be a pregnancy announcement to the photographer and his girlfriend’s families. “I had the idea of this picture : [my girlfriend] and myself creating a baby, represented by an old [stroller] and like a video game.” (credit:macareuxprod)
(12 of12)
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“Two Moo” by luke Bell
“It was a cold early morning in South Africa on a farm near Stellenbosch,” the photographer told the contest. “Two cows drinking from a nearby dam caught my eye when I saw their long shadows. I launched my drone to capture the scene in a way impossible with any other type of camera.” (credit:Luke Bell/Dronestagram)
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