FILE PHOTO: An airplane flies over a drone during the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York January 1, 2015. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
NEW YORK: US drone sales in 2017 topped US$1bil (RM3.99bil) for the first time ever, but don't raise a glass too quickly if you are in New Jersey, where lawmakers are poised to outlaw drunken droning next week.
It is one of a wave of US states moving to bring the unmanned aircrafts' high-flying fun back to earth.
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