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Oh, I bet you that a POS $ 1000 Amazon drone will be circuit-dead even before I pull the trigger.
Like I said -- I will take my chances on myself safely shooting down the stupid drone on my backyard. Rather than rely on the Yahoo down the block properly maintaining the thing.
What if the yahoo is a bigger nut than you and shoots you AND your family in response?
I wouldn't assume the bolded. Some cities/towns have been pro-active on this score, and have enacted laws regulating drone activity, making crossing over into private-property air space illegal. If the OP's area doesn't have such a law, s/he could organize affected neighbors, and petition City Hall, write letters to the editor of the local newspaper, and make other efforts to have a law enacted. It's an emerging area of law.
I'm going to mostly stay out of the debate except to say:
1) Hovering very low over someone's house is completely inappropriate, and if the person is spying, talk to them or contact the authorities
2) I personally do my best to respect everyone's privacy (neighbor was actually sad when I told him my security camera cut off before his property line , because he was hoping I had some video for him for an incident. I purposely make sure they view my property only), but I've occasionally flown over houses to get somewhere. When I do, I do it high enough that it should cause no disturbance (the things can be loud) and not impact anyone's enjoyment of their own property.
With that said, as mentioned several times here, these things are wide angle meant for taking video of landscape and the like, not spying on people. While I'm sure there are creeps who use it for that purpose, the large majority are just having fun. I would do better spying by walking the neighborhood with my cell phone. For example, here is a shot from about 190 feet high if I recall. I'm standing on the baseball field. Can't find me? Look to the grass just behind where first base would be, and you'll see a white dot. In fairness, this is a screen grab from the video, so if I took an actual picture from there it would be slightly better, but when I fly over an area at 190 feet, I'm not spying on you, and will have no idea you are even there in all likelihood.
For another reference, I believe this was about 35-40 feet. You can at least find people in this one. But you can't tell a thing other than "there is a person". Drones are new technology, a little unknown, and have been in the news. However, you probably have plenty of other things to worry about (like a hacker using your own cell phone camera to spy).
(#1) many posters don't care what is "inappropriate"
I considered a contractor bringing his dog into my house w/o asking to be "inappropriate"
In that case, you've sure invested a lot in this thread.
Lololol first he doesn't care about drones and professes his love of his own ignorance then suddenly he thinks he is an expert on not just the drones but also law enforcement, physics and electronics. A total loon. Now his time is so valuable that he has posted a hundred times in a thread he simultaneously doesn't care about and is too busy for. Lolololol.
I am actually a very responsible person. No arrests, no record, except of course several parking tickets, and one moving violation several years ago (not speeding). Proud father of two, my 19 yr old NYC daughter thinks I am the best dad. Graduate degree. Son of another graduate. Paying my daughter college, full boat. So, I am very hinged. I say "shoot it down". No one yet here has given a logical response on why shouldn't I.
I, have on the other hand given several reasons why someone should.
Make sure you post the video on youtube (of you shooting drone down), and subsequent mailing address of your cell; I'll mail you a bar of soap
Two issues:
1- Anonymous shooting of hobby drones. Anonymous being the key word here.
2- FAA rules talk about "authorized" drones. Due to a DC court ruling of 6 weeks ago, FAA is not even supposed to now ask for registering hobby drones. So if you have a hobby drone, unlicensed, unregistered, etc how does that drone become "authorized," so it can become a protected drone?
We are having a heated debate in our neighborhood. One of our neighbors is flying their drone with a camera over and around the houses in our subdivision. This is ticking off some of the neighbors. Just for background, our subdivision is a non HOA with all of our lots being 1/2-1 acre in size.
Some of the neighbors are saying their home ownership rights extend up vertically and that the neighbor's camera drone is infringing on the home owner's privacy.
I really don't care but my hubby said "What if some neighbor flew their drone past the high bathroom window we have (that has no curtain treatments on because it's too high) and you or one of our kids were getting out of the tub or shower?"
Hmmm. That gave me a bit of pause.
What say you?
If it has a camera, and I assume that it does, call the cops on the pervert
I am actually a very responsible person. No arrests, no record, except of course several parking tickets, and one moving violation several years ago (not speeding). Proud father of two, my 19 yr old NYC daughter thinks I am the best dad. Graduate degree. Son of another graduate. Paying my daughter college, full boat. So, I am very hinged. I say "shoot it down". No one yet here has given a logical response on why shouldn't I.
I, have on the other hand given several reasons why someone should.
Hope the nice family visits you in prison.
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