As Drone Demand Soars, New Jersey Poised to Bar Drunken Droning

As Drone Demand Soars, New Jersey Poised to Bar Drunken Droning
An airplane flies over a drone during the Polar Bear Plunge on Coney Island in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., January 1, 2015. Reuters/Carlo Allegri/File Photo
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NEW YORK—U.S. drone sales in 2017 topped $1 billion for the first time ever, but don’t raise a glass too quickly if you’re in New Jersey, where lawmakers on Thursday are poised to outlaw drunken droning.

It is one of a wave of U.S. states moving to bring the unmanned aircrafts’ high-flying fun back to earth.