Why Delivery Drones Are Rare (Government Slowed Them Down) and Why We Should Build More

The future of delivery is here: Drones!But only if government gives permission._ _ _ _ _ _ To make sure you receive weekly videos from Stossel TV, sign up here: https://www.johnstossel.com/#subscrib... _ _ _ _ _ _Drones deliver pizza, burgers, packages, even groceries! All faster and more efficiently than cars.Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos assumed we’d have delivery drones by 2018.Why are they still not common?“Confusing regulations,” says Adam Thierer, author of Permissionless Innovation.The FAA requires complex permits to fly drones farther than the operator can see them. The rules are so complex, only 8 companies have gotten permissiion.“It takes a lot of work from a company with the size and resources like Amazon to get these limited permits,” says Thierer.In the video above: the ups and downs of delivery drones, and how Trump is trying to cut regulations....https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwnK_DuK4ac