What Regulations Should There Be On Drone Use?

What Regulations Should There Be On Drone Use

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kevin27 said:
MonacoMike said:
So, are you good with the child molester perv down the street taking drone videos of your kids or grandkids over your backyard? Over the city park?


Really? Little over the top are we?

I will throw this out there, I am buying one!!!! I would like to make cool boat videos. Just Relax! Oh and shooting them down will get you in trouble. Now lets get out there and have some fun make some cool videos and post them on CRS.
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MonacoMike said:
kevin27 said:
The first sign you won the discussion is when your question is attacked and not answered.

MM
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Says you, :smt043 How do you know who the perv is? You might be able to tag a known perv but how about the new ones? Behind every camera, at the controls of every camera equipped drone could be a perv. When you buy one and send it up from the middle of your 40 you could be zoomin' in on your neighbors kids....you could be a perv.

It really is OK to look at other people, even kids. The problem comes with 'why are you looking'. We don't know why you look at the people you look at MM, we don't know what you're thinking. So, let's outlaw all camera's, telescopes, and binoculars. It's the only way to be sure...can't be too careful you know.
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MonacoMike said:
So in our discussion we have learned we ARE over regulated. We need to repeal the regs that prohibit shooting down drones or jamming their frequencies. In the absence of that then they should be regulated to keep them away from private citizens engaged in personal activity.

Any regulation should exempt any use on the users private property, should control use in public areas, and stop use on others private property.

I have no concern based on the word "drone" or media hype of the word. What I am concerned with is our rapidly disappearing privacy and freedom of surveillance, whether by the government or fellow citizens.

MM
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Like these boundaries will restrict a drone carrying the Hubble telescope. What you setting up here, a pervs safe haven? What we need as a way to limit how far can be seen. A type of high tech fence/barrier that would prevent you from seeing past your own property line.
 
So the old guy sitting in the beat up white van next to the playground is OK but that same perv flying a drone isn't? Or a white cop shoots down a drone flown by a black man them Rev JJ and Good Ole Al will cry and make an uproar because an innocent user had his drone shot down for no reason. What a world we live in. :smt101
 
MM started it. Just RELAX and take a deep breath. RC toys are not always used for bad. You drove it in the ditch with you prev idea which was WAY out there!
 
Here's a picture I took with my new Drone. How do you like it?

Z
 
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kevin27 said:
MM started it. Just RELAX and take a deep breath. RC toys are not always used for bad. You drove it in the ditch with you prev idea which was WAY out there!
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without you quoting someone I'm not sure who your talkin too......which idea was WAAAY out there...shooting them down OR jamming their frequency?

And seriously...RELAX?....this has just been a playful wintertime discussion for me...well...until the perv talk got introduced :huh:
 
Sorry I just think that people are overreacting. It was not directed at Do Over. It is sad that people go to the extreme over a frigging RC heli. I mean "perv". Really?
 
Well I read the entire thread and gotta tell you that I find the whole "lets have fun" over common privacy a bit disheartening. Everyone is entitled to their opinion but everyone is not entitled to overlook personal privacy.

Your willingness to bare all for the camera does not negate the responsibility of the drone operator to respect the privacy of others. When this responsibility is misused used then it is incumbent on our governmental agencies to guarantee my privacy through regulation as communicated through our constitution and bill of rights.

If the government refuses to or is unable to enforce these rights then the bill of rights allows me to take up arms to ensure that right.

How we "feel" about something in the US is second to our given rights. I may feel like taking your car since you are not using it but I don't have the right to. If you have no problem with privacy invasion then I'll be at your boat to take it when I want to. Surely you won't care since it's just setting there anyways.
 
MonacoMike said:
Any regulation should exempt any use on the users private property, should control use in public areas, and stop use on others private property.
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Exempt, would allow drones to be free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject.

I also think in the long run the drones will prove more problematic than the R/C planes in that they do not need open runways to take off and land and they also have the ability to hover over an area. It would be difficult to use a R/C plane in most neighborhoods or parks. Not so with drones, that may be why there is so much concern about their use as compared to R/C planes.

Woody said:
Like these boundaries will restrict a drone carrying the Hubble telescope. What you setting up here, a pervs safe haven? What we need as a way to limit how far can be seen. A type of high tech fence/barrier that would prevent you from seeing past your own property line.
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The airspace above a thousand feet or so is a settled issue and has no bearing on drone usage. The human eye has limits to what it can see, it also lacks recording ability, cameras continue to get better and better in their range and video quality. One reason many here think these so cool is that just some years ago this was totally unobtainable. Now the prices continue to drop even as the technology gets better.

I really wonder how many of the "Fly-em" group would really be cool about a group of boaters anchoring off near you and flying their drones over or near your boat while you and your family tried to relax on the water. I just don't believe most people would when it is happening. Would your group feel comfortable sunning and relaxing knowing someone was videoing you that you did not know? What would they think about being in a strangers YouTube videos.

I am a little surprised so many in this group place so little value on their privacy.

MM
 
MonacoMike said:
Exempt, would allow drones to be free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject.

I also think in the long run the drones will prove more problematic than the R/C planes in that they do not need open runways to take off and land and they also have the ability to hover over an area. It would be difficult to use a R/C plane in most neighborhoods or parks. Not so with drones, that may be why there is so much concern about their use as compared to R/C planes.



The airspace above a thousand feet or so is a settled issue and has no bearing on drone usage. The human eye has limits to what it can see, it also lacks recording ability, cameras continue to get better and better in their range and video quality. One reason many here think these so cool is that just some years ago this was totally unobtainable. Now the prices continue to drop even as the technology gets better.

I really wonder how many of the "Fly-em" group would really be cool about a group of boaters anchoring off near you and flying their drones over or near your boat while you and your family tried to relax on the water. I just don't believe most people would when it is happening. Would your group feel comfortable sunning and relaxing knowing someone was videoing you that you did not know? What would they think about being in a strangers YouTube videos.

I am a little surprised so many in this group place so little value on their privacy.

MM
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Amongst many things somehow you expect privacy in public places. Not in America....
 
For the peeps worried about drones photographing you at the beach or in your back yard, do you worry about being photographed by cameras with telephoto lenses as well?
 
LTD.330 said:
For the peeps worried about drones photographing you at the beach or in your back yard, do you worry about being photographed by cameras with telephoto lenses as well?
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If it invades my privacy. YES!
Complacency is the killer of the freedom from intrusion into our personal lives. We hear so much about personal data being hacked that people don't care anymore. I wish folks would grow some principles instead of taking the "oh hum" attitude. They will start b!tch!ng after the horse is out of the barn but take no action to keep it in because it's not convenient.
 
Relax guys, nobody wants to take pictures of old fat men shoveling snow either with a drone or telephoto lens. I live in vacation land and I'm sure I'm in pictures whether I wanted to be or not. Try going to Disneyland. Can't be avoided.
 
If you are in public you are available to be photographed. Isn't this the argument that the paparazzi use on all the celebs? I thought courts ruled that if you were in public you could be photographed or recorded.

Why would this be different with a drone? I'm not necessarily choosing sides I'm asking the question.

Personally I would not like a drone hovering over my boat. I have been in raft ups and parties where one has buzzed by but never lingered for a long look.
 
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