> Pretty much any effort to constantly monitor everyone's behavior at all times is dystopian, yeah.

You say "at all times" but like I said, this surveillance is limited to the times when you are operating your privately owned heavy machinery on public roads (which have posted signs regarding aircraft).

> The income from fines is the real reason it's done.

The article even explicitly says that the economics of aircraft doesn't work out for tickets. It's not about revenue, nor evil gov't surveillance. It's about public safety.