UK Class Marks and Remote ID: What you need to know before 1st January 2026

Everyone should simply buy a spoofer and make the data completely useless. Kill it with fire.

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Hi @FPVSteve, it looks as though you’re quite new here :wave:t2:

Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself. :+1:t2:

Technically that’s not correct Rob :wink:

In the UK Highway Code, “MUST” indicates a legal requirement, while “SHOULD” indicates advice or best practice. Breaching a “must” rule results in a criminal offense, while breaching a “should” rule can be used as evidence in a court case, especially in relation to accidents.

we are getting off topic here, but I beg to differ (road traffic act 1988, clause 38, part 7)

Those figure are just for hardware, insurance and registering. If you take into account the amof SMEs that may shut down, losing business revenue into the mix as they can’t afford ontop of all the other new costs, the price of replacing hardware early.
Yrs it won’t be 10s of millions but they then have to either enter the job market pushing someone else onto the benefits system, or enter the benefit system themselves.

In all honesty, how many people havd actually been stopped by the rozzers and asked for their flier / operator I.D.
Unless you are being a nuisance then they have no need.

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so true … :laughing:

Legal implications:

Many of the rules in the Highway Code are supported by laws, particularly those using the terms “MUST” or “MUST NOT”.

I’ll leave that here…..

If we could end the Road Traffic Act / Highway Code discussion there please and stay on the topic of UK Class Marks and Remote ID.

Thank you.

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been a while since I looked at the size and costs of existing remoteID items - so as the cost and implementation side of the discussion is valid, here is some info:
Remote ID Module Options - Google Sheets (source: Remote ID Modules — FPV Freedom Coalition)

and overall information from the USA’s implementation: Remote ID Final Rule Summary — FPV Freedom Coalition

and a comparaison with the continental european implentations (source: Comparing Remote ID standards US, EU, FR) :

1g device is good and antenna getter battered in flight. Tin foil is also used to make my GPS work better.

I suspect in two years the competition will make 1g device even cheaper. Heck If I can be arsed should look at the code. Aducopter I think has something.

I cna see more people moving to self-built to control the RemoteID.

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On a lighter note, is this guys head really that big in comparison to his body or is it another AI created video?

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:rofl:

Just to point out that the CAA believe that this will support the sector to flourish!
Flourishing in this case will be by making existing equipment illegal in a couple of years and insisting on remote ID. The latter may have been easier to swallow if evil folk could not easily circumvent it.
Hope you are all joyful, encouraged and er, flourishing. I have seen a few of you flourishing two fingers…

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They can bite my shite, end of!!!

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Not just evil folk, it’s a simple process :wink:

Ahh, the old, anyone who isn’t up to no good shouldn’t fear, mandatory ID cards, CCTV, having a sample of their DNA on file. While all that’s true, it’s a slippery slope, once we blindly agree to each of these impositions, it makes it easier for the authorities to impose more and more intrusive policies.

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Hi @yakacm, it looks as though you’re quite new here :wave:t2:

Why not nip over to the Introductions page, and say hello properly and tell us a bit about yourself. :+1:t2:

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Who agreed? 80 odd % didnt.

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Exactly that…

86% of people were against Remote ID :exploding_head:


Meanwhile, in a CAA public consultation office somewhere…

lolz

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