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I really hope that we see some very strict local regulations around noise control. Drones are awfully noisy and a city full of delivery drones perpetually buzz

I really hope that we see some very strict local regulations around noise control. Drones are awfully noisy and a city full of delivery drones perpetually buzzing would be a massive regression.

abakker 7y ago
Drones at 400 feet are quieter than many cars. If you can’t bear the noise of a drone delivering to your house, do you complain at the noise of an actual diesel truck idling on your street?
- Forge36 7y ago
  Yes? People don't drive a diesel truck outside my house. At least bit that I've commonly noticed (people moving in is an exception). Not packages: I see those dropped off every day.
- journalctl 7y ago
  “Quieter than a car” is damning with faint praise. Maybe that’s fine somewhere super busy, but I’d personally rather not have noise from cars OR drones.
  - ccozan 7y ago
    Then the only option would be delivery by ground based robo-trucks ( in all sizes ). I think there are a few who are in this business, at least controlling them from distance.
  - ent 7y ago
    If you're in a place with no noise from cars, you're most probably well outside the range of multiprop drones.
- georgebarnett 7y ago
  I do; I live in the city centre with my apartment facing a back alley. Delivery trucks are often in the back lane left idling with radios blaring. Its one of the reasons I'm moving house.
- bamboozled 7y ago
  I think there are definitely regulations which prevent large noisy trucks from driving around suburban areas. This started happening in my Neighbourhood when some truckers worked out there was a short cut to get to the port, they started screaming down our street at all hours of the night, the law had to put a stop to it.
- rsynnott 7y ago
  Presumably they’ll descend at some point, though.
- onion2k 7y ago
  I moved to a quieter street for that exact reason.
quaquaqua1 7y ago
I'm gonna be real with you, the noise of private landscapers is infinitely frustrating to me, and nobody in charge has seemed willing to do anything about it. I don't want to have a "nanny state" that seeks to regulate every possible little thing, but I just want to state a fact- leafblowers are loud and annoying!
- extrapickles 7y ago
  There are generally noise regulations, but they are not suited towards shift workers or night owls and they don't limit the noise much during the day. Also, at least for the City of Seattle[0], lawn maintenance equipment is allowed to put out at least 80db during the day. [0]: Example for City of Seattle: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.08NOCO_SUBCHAPTER_IIIENSOLE_25.08.425SOCRCOMAEQ https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code...
  - quaquaqua1 7y ago
    They aren't enforced.
- cameronbrown 7y ago
  Nobody will regulate it because it's those same elected elite who benefit from it (big pay = big garden to maintain) the most.
  - jliptzin 7y ago
    Also rich people don't have that problem. They live in condos in big cities, or on properties far enough from their neighbors that the only landscaping noise they hear is their own.
  - journalctl 7y ago
    They won’t regulate it because to them it’s just a necessary evil of having a perfectly-manicured waste-of-resources patch of green for seven months out of the year that they then complain constantly about maintaining. If I leave my windows open at night, I get woken up by weedwackers and leaf blowers at least once every two weeks by apartment complex maintenance. And why? So the patches of grass nobody ever uses look perfect.

I really hope that we see some very strict local regulations around noise control. Drones are awfully noisy and a city full of delivery drones perpetually buzzing would be a massive regression.

abakker 7y ago

Drones at 400 feet are quieter than many cars. If you can’t bear the noise of a drone delivering to your house, do you complain at the noise of an actual diesel truck idling on your street?

Forge36 7y ago
Yes? People don't drive a diesel truck outside my house. At least bit that I've commonly noticed (people moving in is an exception). Not packages: I see those dropped off every day.
journalctl 7y ago
“Quieter than a car” is damning with faint praise. Maybe that’s fine somewhere super busy, but I’d personally rather not have noise from cars OR drones.
- ccozan 7y ago
  Then the only option would be delivery by ground based robo-trucks ( in all sizes ). I think there are a few who are in this business, at least controlling them from distance.
- ent 7y ago
  If you're in a place with no noise from cars, you're most probably well outside the range of multiprop drones.
georgebarnett 7y ago
I do; I live in the city centre with my apartment facing a back alley. Delivery trucks are often in the back lane left idling with radios blaring. Its one of the reasons I'm moving house.
bamboozled 7y ago
I think there are definitely regulations which prevent large noisy trucks from driving around suburban areas. This started happening in my Neighbourhood when some truckers worked out there was a short cut to get to the port, they started screaming down our street at all hours of the night, the law had to put a stop to it.
rsynnott 7y ago
Presumably they’ll descend at some point, though.
onion2k 7y ago
I moved to a quieter street for that exact reason.

quaquaqua1 7y ago

I'm gonna be real with you, the noise of private landscapers is infinitely frustrating to me, and nobody in charge has seemed willing to do anything about it. I don't want to have a "nanny state" that seeks to regulate every possible little thing, but I just want to state a fact- leafblowers are loud and annoying!

extrapickles 7y ago
There are generally noise regulations, but they are not suited towards shift workers or night owls and they don't limit the noise much during the day. Also, at least for the City of Seattle[0], lawn maintenance equipment is allowed to put out at least 80db during the day. [0]: Example for City of Seattle: https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code?nodeId=TIT25ENPRHIPR_CH25.08NOCO_SUBCHAPTER_IIIENSOLE_25.08.425SOCRCOMAEQ https://library.municode.com/wa/seattle/codes/municipal_code...
- quaquaqua1 7y ago
  They aren't enforced.
cameronbrown 7y ago
Nobody will regulate it because it's those same elected elite who benefit from it (big pay = big garden to maintain) the most.
- jliptzin 7y ago
  Also rich people don't have that problem. They live in condos in big cities, or on properties far enough from their neighbors that the only landscaping noise they hear is their own.
- journalctl 7y ago
  They won’t regulate it because to them it’s just a necessary evil of having a perfectly-manicured waste-of-resources patch of green for seven months out of the year that they then complain constantly about maintaining. If I leave my windows open at night, I get woken up by weedwackers and leaf blowers at least once every two weeks by apartment complex maintenance. And why? So the patches of grass nobody ever uses look perfect.