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What if you fly from outside the park at height over the park can they still enforce that ??.
What if you fly from outside the park at height over the park can they still enforce that ??.
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Someone replied to it saying more chance of being bitten by a dog and they are not banned‘Because of dangers they might pose to the public’
I wish they produce evidence of drones harming members of the public. It’s not as if they’re falling out of the sky hurting people.
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What if you fly from outside the park at height over the park can they still enforce that .
In the US they could not enforce flying over because the FAA has jurisdiction of all airspace. That doesn’t mean they wouldn't try. I would assume it is similar in the UK.drones-now-banned-flying-parks-2270194
What if you fly from outside the park at height over the park can they still enforce that ??.
Surely councils don’t control the airspace above the parks .
Surely councils don’t control the airspace above the parks .
Largely in agreement with you zocalo - but I'd add that parks are the ideal 'learning' grounds for newbies. By taking away these areas where we started off by flying our squares & figure-eights, it's making it difficult for new drone owners to get the skills to go on to better things.Realistically though, most urban council parks tend to be largely flat and open with a bit of woodland, e.g. not really somewhere we'd want to fly a drone for serious photographic purposes even if the drone code allowed for it, so the main impact of this is on one of two groups; those who use their (mostly tiny) drones as a more versatile selfie stick, and those who just want to fly for the sake of flying. I doubt there would be too many people in the latter camp at least that would be too upset if many parks were off-limits as long as they had at least one suitable field to fly in, and by doing to it would make CAA registation compliance checking easier and encourage a little community building as they'd be bringing like-minded people together.
In the US they could not enforce flying over because the FAA has jurisdiction of all airspace. That doesn’t mean they wouldn't try. I would assume it is similar in the UK.
Largely in agreement with you zocalo - but I'd add that parks are the ideal 'learning' grounds for newbies. By taking away these areas where we started off by flying our squares & figure-eights, it's making it difficult for new drone owners to get the skills to go on to better things.
As long as you adhere to the CAA rules then I can't see what they can do to stop you flying over.drones-now-banned-flying-parks-2270194
What if you fly from outside the park at height over the park can they still enforce that ??.
I thought only the police could check your drone registration. Not even those plastic coppers have no right to ask you.Yes, but they would need to pursue a case through the civil courts which is going to be expensive for both parties. The article also isn't clear whether this is a byelaw or just a "policy" (which is how it is described in the article, whatever that means), if it's a formally set byelaw that is clearly stated on the park signage then I suspect they'll have more chance of success in court than if it's just a "policy" that is not clearly communicated.
Realistically, all they (or any other council) need to do is enforce the Drone Code and the various applicable nuisance laws, and maybe have their park workers, community officers, etc. perform a spot check of any pilots they come across to ensure they are in compliance with CAA's new registration scheme. For particularly busy parks (which these may well be) that alone may be enough to preclude any legal flights and, unlike the local rules the council can pass, those would be an actual criminal offence.
Another reason for this being dumb: once commercial drone deliveries etc. start (which they eventually will), which is going to be safer in the event of a drone falling out of the sky:
Option A: flying around the edge of the park, presumably following a public road and/or footpath route?
Option B: flying over the park, which is mostly going to be open space, and probably dotted with trees to potentially break a drone's fall before it hits someone?
I thought only the police could check your drone registration. Not even those plastic coppers have no right to ask you.
I think you make a valid point here. In 2017 I asked Leicester City Council if it would be OK to do some trial flights on local parks in my area to learn how to fly my Mavic safely (the area is known as the Park Estate due to the huge number of council operated open spaces there) A blanket ban on such was their reply, unless one joined the Braunstone Flyers BMFA club at a cost of within spitting distance of £100 p.a. for membership, insurance, carparking fees etc, which had permission to fly their model aircraft at Leicester's biggest park, in Braunstone. I did 3 free trial flights their club offered from the site before deciding that the cost was a bit too prohibitive for me since I mainly wanted to fly my drone whilst on holiday at really scenic destinations abroad to complement the underwater video I shot whilst undertaking scuba trips. Notwithstanding that as a retiree I only wanted to do trial flights to learn how to control the drone safely at a park in the mornings when all the kids were in school and most parks were invariably empty, the answer was still "NO!" Only Police, said drone club and anybody wanting to wade through 14 pages of the council's drone regulations to fly a drone for purely professional/commercial purposes and willing to pay a £50 admin fee need contemplate applying!"Largely in agreement with you zocalo - but I'd add that parks are the ideal 'learning' grounds for newbies. By taking away these areas where we started off by flying our squares & figure-eights, it's making it difficult for new drone owners to get the skills to go on to better things."
I agree with you Fox, and someone should present to these nitwits the proposition that as popular as drones are becoming and as necessary as they are going to become that a large part of public parks could and should be designated as a "Drone Only" area. I wonder what they would think of restriction rulings then.