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Outside a closed or restricted-access site, how may a Category 1, 2 or 3 drone fly over people in moving cars?

Only without sustained flight over the moving vehicles.

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  1. Freely, cars protect the people inside
  2. Only below 100 feet
  3. Only without sustained flight over them ✔

Why: Over people in moving vehicles, Category 1 to 3 drones must either stay within a closed or restricted-access site where those people are on notice, or not hold sustained flight over the vehicles.

Huh, didn't know that: A Category 4 drone needs an airworthiness certificate whose limits allow flying over moving vehicles.

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Why did the drone avoid hovering over traffic? It didn't want to drive anyone up the wall.
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Answer: Only without sustained flight over them. Over people in moving vehicles, Category 1 to 3 drones must either stay within a closed or restricted-access site where those people are on notice, or not hold sustained flight over the vehicles.

  1. 14 CFR 107.145 Operations over moving vehicles www.ecfr.gov/current/title-14/chapter-I/subchapter-F/part-107/section-107.145
    Must not maintain sustained flight over moving vehicles.
    Checked 2026-10-09.

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