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Spinning rotors and likely vector for a bystander impact is from above (i.e. Head)
by tehbeard 7y ago
Spinning rotors and likely vector for a bystander impact is from above (i.e. Head)
- zrobotics 7y agoI know Japanese cars tend to be smaller than the monstrosities common in the US, but even a small car will weigh >1000lbs. That's enough kinetic energy that even someone in another car is at risk, whereas anyone in a car is nearly invulnerable to a consumer drone. I definitely don't want to be struck by a drone, but given the choice between a car accident and drone accident, I'll take the drone any day.
- behringer 7y agoWait are we comparing drone on car impacts now?
- zrobotics 7y agoQuite a few drunk driving deaths are car-on-car, so it seemed a reasonable comparison to make. Although I would suspect the majority of drone accidents are drone-on-human, but even in that case car-on-pedestrian is far more lethal.
- nihonde 7y agoA collision between a drone and a windshield is plenty to cause a serious accident.
- Retric 7y agoOutside of military aircraft drone related deaths are extremely rare. Skulls can survive fairly heavy impacts relative to most drones. Randomly falling drones are also unlikely to hit someone outside the most densely packed crowds. So, while drunk droning may be a safety hazard, it’s vastly less risky than drunk driving.
- LiquidSky 7y ago>Randomly falling drones are also unlikely to hit someone outside the most densely packed crowds. Like those found in many Japanese cities?
- Retric 7y agoJapanese drones are already banned in areas with over 4,000 people per km^2.
- ojilles 7y agoAnd it’s already outlawed over cities in Japan.
- hrktb 7y agoI'd see them as a cause of traffic accidents/injuries by distraction. Just as being drunk in public is already a finable offence I think, as is causing disagreements on the public space.
- SilasX 7y agoYes, they're rare because you're not sampling over the set of people operating them while drunk.
- Retric 7y agoThat’s likely to underestimate risks as there does not seem to be any deaths related to drunk drone operators. With how many drones have been sold worldwide, if drones where even vaguely as dangerous as cars per hour we could easily find hundreds of deaths. So, even hypothetically cars are at minimum hundreds of times more dangerous.