@hearkat: “For remotely operated drones with the human operator at a range up to 10 miles away, how can the operator be completely aware of the random events that can happen in the environment in which they’re flying?”
Are these controlled by a human? If so, then sure, we’ll be dealing with the same type of possible issues we have as driving. I was under the impression that these were automated. I apologize – I didn’t actually look into these. They’re concept devices. We won’t see these for some time, and when we do, they’ll be unrecognizable.
But remember – when you take the human element out of driving a vehicle, you improve safety (self-driving cars). So, if/when these things get to that stage, we should be ok.
I’m not terribly excited about this Amazon drone thing, because like I said, it’s all concept. But I also don’t see any reason to get worried about this idea.