Elektrica Atellani
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15matjan Posted at 2018-3-12 23:24
Although the video is nice and interesting I can't agree with as this selfish way of flying (violating the existing rules) makes the everyday life of "legal" drone flyers harder and harder.
Is because of this kind of posts, laws and controls from manufacturer are tougher and tougher. On one side from the local governments and on the other side from the manufacturers which are pressed to (Aeroscope, etc...)
If you want fly in cities (forbidden so far), ask for the corresponding permit and put it in the final credits. Encouraging laws to be violated makes no good to the rest of the users...
I understand your point and this is not a comment against what you wrote, but a simple consideration:
as much as we're all concentrating on how dangerous drones might be, we have roads that see flocks of drivers driving erratically, being a danger to other people, smashing into other cars, just because the most important things in life seems to be reading the latest (Most likely pointless) message. Using a cell phone while driving causes 1000s of deaths every year and cyclists wearing simple headphones are a danger to others as well, yet we need to concentrate on drones...Probably golf balls are more dangerous than drones! As we rush to regulate even how much we should breathe, we could, for example, have embedded hardware that blocks your phone if you're going faster than 10mph. That would make everyone's life muh safer, yet we don't really care or do anything serious about it. We could also build cars that will not start unless you can verify your alcohol level, but we could also make cars that cannot go faster than the speed limit (What is the point of going faster). The list goes on and on. All I am saying is that there are more pressing and deadly issues that we completely accept as normal (Pain killers anyone?) and do nothing about it (How about cancerogenous flame retardants found in most furniture in the USA, cleverly introduced by the tobacco lobbies?). I cannot understand how drones 'Must' be banned everywhere while they cause little or no harm, whereas real dangerous actions or objects are being ignored or have fines that are almost never applied. Just go on the highway, in countries where cell phones are forbidden while driving and look at how many people are driving face down, looking at their phones...It's a TON, resulting in hundreds of thousands of accidents a year, if not millions worldwide.
Just food for thoughts, what should we concentrate on regulating? I am not even throwing weapons into the debate. We freak out about mad cow while the common cold is the true killer. Ok for regulating things, but maybe with some logic and in order of danger.
Again, just food for thoughts, nothing against your comment, or others all over this and other forums that are very similar. |
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