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Whilst you are likely correct that in a public park there is little expectation of a right to privacy, the following is taken from a webpage Drone safely this Christmas
It's sort of like invading a person's personal space , if you will. If your alone in a park, most people would be upset if a group came along and sat within 20 ft of them when the park is like 200 square feet. Same goes for drones. The cameras make it feel like an invasion of personal space if you get too close to someone. My neighbors are only happy, when I get to about 200-250 ft before I fly out over their houses and outside the neighborhood boundaries. Flying lower than that, they feel like , it's an invasion of personal space and privacy.
The woman and her child have every right to be enjoying the park peacefully. What the drone pilot did in this situation borders on harassment. I think you need to also educate yourself on ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder) and then maybe you will better understand the perspective of the child’s mother.
The children and mother have every right, as you said, but so does a drone pilot, in a public space, have the right to fly around. I doubt the pilot got as close to the people as the mother described.
You hit the nail on the head. I notice when i'm flying over the ocean like 200 ft from the shoreline and filming boats, dolphins, sharks or fish or just looking for something interesting, the people along the shore line all think the drone is watching them. Their all brainwashed sheep.
I certainly wouldn't fly a drone around an RC aircraft field or around the hobbyists. That's just plane ignorant. RC aircraft take a lot more discipline and concentration to fly than a drone. Drone flying, unless your a professional photographer or filmmaker, doesn't require much skill at all. Except for those racing FPV drones.
The problem is people do stupid stuff. I do take a lot of these incidents lightly, mainly because I wasn't there to see the truth. But I just don't understand some of these drone operators intentions. Like a few flying drones are wanting a reaction. I knew a guy who loved to point a laser pointer at in flight aircraft. The same guy got a kick out of chasing cats with his Parrot drone. He's a friggin idiot.
It says it was flown within feet of him. That obviously is a ridiculous thing to do, and almost all of the drone pilots here wouldn't think of doing such a thing. It's just as silly to call for no cameras in drones. That would be like asking to remove all cameras from cell phones.Mum calls for drones crackdown after 'distressed' son with autism filmed in Cork park
The nine-year-old boy was filmed in Cork's Tramore Valley Park during a vulnerable and distressing moment for him
This was very disappointing to read . Even in in my home town there are complete idiots.
I have a feeling, the drone wasn’t hovering over them as long as she stated.
That's very true. How would the drone pilot know if the kid was disabled or not. It's kind of disgusting that the mother would or may have used her kids disability to garner attention from the media. If it wasn't for the kid's disability, the article would likely not have been printed. She had to take time out of her day to pick up the phone, be put on hold and actually contact the news media about the drone and her child being disabled. Why would she want to bring attention to herself and her child's disability. I wouldn't, but I'm a private person. The news article is more of an invasion of privacy than the drone could ever be.
