There are lots of laws on the books to deal with bad drone users. Enforcement may not start until a jet making a take off or landing sucks one into an engine. But that would never happen if drone users realized that they are in restricted air space and shouldn't be flying there. In Canada you can hobby fly with some restrictions any time. The minute you charge somebody to perform a service, say look at their chimney, you have to file a flight plan for approval with Transport Canada.
 
It was never a problem in the past because you had to have some tech chops and a brain to fly RC aircraft. Technology has created a device that can be successfully flown without a brain or tech chops. A RC helicopter is a pig to fly but a drone is simple/ If you panic just take your hands off the controls and it will "park" itself in mid air. RC enthusiasts are also aware of the fact that they share the frequency spectrum and identify their broadcast freq.
 
No, the whole problem is that stupid and/or devious people have a new toy.

Flying drones well is harder than people think. Every pro i know starts modifying them the moment they arrive. The standard propellers the popular quadcopters come with are not up to snuff for serious use.  the people that concern me are those with disposable income and lack of ability that will send one up without understanding how easy it is to lose control.  The good news is FAA has started requiring serious drones be registered:
 
http://money.cnn.com/2015/12/24/technology/drone-faa-laws-registration/index.html
 
Every drone pilot i associate with knows the rules and get just as annoyed when some asshat does something stupid.  Most won't fly near restricted sopace even for money.

i guess there will be something awful soon that will shut down the industry. maybe a drone with nfc tech that steals everyone's money or a radioactive drone causing criticality incidents or something. anywho.... merry christmas everybody.

Queen Bees don't seem to care for them.
 
I don't give it much thought, there really isn't much or anything I can do about it. I can shoot one down if I see one over my yard.
Once some terrorist type figures out how to attach a IED to one and set it off over a crowd... you won't have to worry about drones anymore. I think they are about to require registration of drones.
I'm sure many people put them to nefarious uses like spying on their neighbors. Teenage boys should not have drones. I'm glad drones weren't around when I was a teenager. My parents would NEVER have allowed me to have one... I hope.
How many uses are there for something that flies around with a HD camera? Yeah a few people will use them to take a look at some terrain but really, many will misuse them because people are like that, IMO.
 
It is something to think about. I'm sure drones lend themselves to misuse very easily.
 
Seriously, I see one over my yard I will shoot it down, smash it to bits and quickly dispense of it and deny everything.
I hope no one gets hurt before we figure out it isn't a good idea.
 
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When my associate and i are out getting footage we often get asked about whether it could be used for spying.  Anyone who thinks one of those could effective for spying knows absolutely nothing about them.  They are loud and the opposite of stealthy.  They use a camera that is great for GoPro type shots but awful for snooping. Flyin one of these things by a window would be pointless since it would sound like a small lawnmower .  A good  nearby tree and a telephoto lens or even the latest batch of camcorders would be a much better choice to spy.
 
people watch way too much tv .  fear is a funny thing.  it makes people irrational. The payload a drone could deliver is not worth the coast.  An amateur rocket builder (something perfectly legal and available for decades) would be far more effective and cost exponentially less.

jbow
Seriously, I see one over my yard I will shoot it down, smash it to bits and quickly dispense of it and deny everything.

The problem with that plan is there will be video evidence of your crime. It's already happened and been tested in court.
 
A guy in Kentucky shot down a drone over his back yard that he suspected was photographing his 16-year-old daughter sunbathing. It was the shooter who landed in court, not the drone pilot.
 
In the end, the judge ruled that the shooter was within his rights and the charges were dropped. However, the drone pilot intends to file a civil suit, so the shooter is not out of the woods yet. I also wonder if the legal determination would have been the same somewhere other than gun-liberal Kentucky. Would the case have gone the same way in California, for example?
 
Here's the drone's video.
 
While searching for that video, I discovered that shooting down RC aircraft is already a sport.
 
The problem with guns is that they are often attached to some idiot's arm.

Oh well... I guess you have to take yer chances. I guess there are other ways. I really know nothing about drones, it doesn't interest me but I don't want one looking in my window or yard. I guess I could flash it from the deck... that would likely run it away, lol. I do have a private, fenced back yard.
 
Seems like drones will open up a lot of grey areas. What one person will consider a right another person will consider an intrusion.
 
J

bitflipper
The problem with guns is that they are often attached to some idiot's arm.

Amen to that!