Not very close. Although technically they are required by law to follow the rule or get a waiver from the FAA which some do. Here is perhaps an example although we need to ask @DagDerniT how certain he is the drone followed him for a few miles...
Some guy? You mean NORAD Commander, 4 star AF General, Langley AF Base Commander, and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee?
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NORAD's mission – in close collaboration with homeland defense, security, and law enforcement partners – is to prevent air attacks against North America, safeguard the sovereign airspaces of the United States and Canada by responding to unknown...
If I did not know you better Id say you were pulling my leg. The Commander of NORAD and the Langley AF Base Commander are paranoiacs in charge of North American Air Defense and 40 F-22 Raptors (@300 million per copy) but their eyewitness accounts...