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Originally Posted by GoinAllTheWay
This kind of reaction genuinely surprises me and I ask this honestly, have you had a number of negative run ins with private use drones?
I've flown a great deal in the past in public park near my place and have only encountered curiosity.
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No major run ins that made me want a city wide ban. My primary issue is privacy. I don't want a drone with a camera flying over my house. So the only regulation that really matters to me is "Within 75 metres of buildings, vehicles, vessels, animals or people.". I think that's great.
I've only had three encounters with them. One was playing with one at my buddy's ranch. I had a blast. They're freakin cool and I totally get how they make for a great hobby. The other two were at off leash dog parks in the city. A couple of the dogs were freaking out at the whining noise and the thing flying around. I wanted to go over and tell the folks they were inconsiderate dbags and to GTFO. I also personally found the whining noise annoying but that's just a minor complaint not exactly worthy of banning them.
To sum it all up, they just shouldn't be allowed in the city. At most they should be restricted to certain parks in the city. If we can have off-leash dog parks then we should be able to have drone parks. But apparently the 9km from an aircraft thing neuters that (9km seems crazy far but what do I know).