The stupidity of some people is astounding.
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It didn't look all that close to me. Close in my mind would be if the officer had to take or perceived they had to take some action to avoid a collision with the drone. The officer was riding in the street and the drone was over the sidewalk.
It looked like one of those toy ebay drones. Probably some kid. I dont see how regulations would prevent it from happening again.
And once again - the usual responses. It was just a toy, it wasn't that close, regulations won't help etc., etc.. It was a drone hovering at head height over the sidewalk of a busy road. How about advocating for some responsibility by drone users rather than making excuses and deflecting?
I watched this on the news this morning, and it looked like the drone crossed left to right in front of the officer. But even so, does that matter? At the end of the day, the drone community gets another black eye - parsing what actually happened doesn't change that fact.
The point is that if someone is going to fly a drone in the middle of the road, then making more laws isn't going to stop them. People that do things like this have no regards to any laws because they dont feel that it applies to them. Condemning them only feeds into the enjoyment they got out of breaking the law in the first place. I think this was probably some kids monkeying around with the lack of adult supervision, but I wouldnt be surprised if it wasn't one of these stay at home youtube dads ether.And once again - the usual responses. It was just a toy, it wasn't that close, regulations won't help etc., etc.. It was a drone hovering at head height over the sidewalk of a busy road. How about advocating for some responsibility by drone users rather than making excuses and deflecting?
I've watched it several more times and the drone came straight down the block over the sidewalk and no evasive action was required. As for the black eye, the black eye is the result of the media characterizing the incident as a drone "nearly hits" an officer.
The point is that if someone is going to fly a drone in the middle of the road, then making more laws isn't going to stop them. People that do things like this have no regards to any laws because they dont feel that it applies to them. Condemning them only feeds into the enjoyment they got out of breaking the law in the first place. I think this was probably some kids monkeying around with the lack of adult supervision, but I wouldnt be surprised if it wasn't one of these stay at home youtube dads ether.
How about tuffer laws against parents that dont properly supervise their kids. More drone laws wont stop these situations from happening, it just adds more expense and burdens on people who do follow the laws.
Amen.You can’t regulate stupidity and you can’t create laws to control people who don’t follow them.
Thats how a lot of US sites dealt with European privacy law, they just block Europe entirely.Bit bemused as to why I get the following message...?:
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I hate over regulation but there are a lot of idiots withy drones. There does need to be suitable punishment for these offenses.You can’t regulate stupidity and you can’t create laws to control people who don’t follow them.
You can however make the punishment fit the crime and enforce existing laws.
The “smart“ people who support such rules/regulations/laws know this. They promote them to control the law abiding. It has nothing to do with safety, it’s all about the control.You can’t regulate stupidity and you can’t create laws to control people who don’t follow them
Which "more laws" are you referring to?