The cop was wrong, but your attitude was way over the top. You got what you deserved.
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he's in the wrong, if the boat losses reception and hits a swimming person or one of those real boats. or if he doesn't see a person swimming and the boat at 35mph hits the person in the head, the person could drown.
Just wanted to clarify something. Signs and regulations prohibiting motorized vehicles do not apply to RC. By law, in order to be classified as a vehicle, the object must be carrying passengers. Therefor, motorized vehicle restrictions do not apply to rc cars.This is actually the correct answer.
Playing with your toys in an area where 1:1 rigs (especially if they pay for that privilege in form of a permit) are trying to back in and launch is not only silly, but dangerous.
Also, around here, the U.S. Forest Circus can and will write you a ticket for running scale rigs and crawlers anywhere there is a no motorized vehicle sign. Pedantic, yes, but legal, also yes.
The key takeaway should be; find a nice safe out-of-the-way spot to play with your RCs.
Meanwhile, you lost a day of work, the pay for that day of work, any hours you spent looking up the laws, possibly money for an attorney, etc. At the end of the day, it's not worth the hassle to me. For those with more free time and money, have at it.Just wanted to clarify something. Signs and regulations prohibiting motorized vehicles do not apply to RC. By law, in order to be classified as a vehicle, the object must be carrying passengers. Therefor, motorized vehicle restrictions do not apply to rc cars.
I had a cop at a local park write me a ticket for operating a motorized vehicle on park grounds and I went to court. They dropped it because of the legal definition of a vehicle. The restriction must specifically name RC. This occurred in Missouri. Laws in other states may be different.