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> I'm not sure anybody really wants a number of unidentified flying objects (in their literal sense) in the air at night with noone knowing where they came from
by supportlocal4h 6y ago
> I'm not sure anybody really wants a number of unidentified flying objects (in their literal sense) in the air at night with noone knowing where they came from or what they might be doing.
I do.
I also want unidentified cars driving on dirt roads in the middle of nowhere. At night. And unidentified boats on remote lakes and in remote parts of the ocean. At night. And unidentified pedestrians, swimmers, skydivers, bicyclists, kites, campers, photographers, robots, lawn mowers.
- wastedhours 6y agoSure, all those things are normal happenings - they're not really cause of concern for most people. We're not at that point for drones yet, at all. Of course a boat skimming on a lake at night is fine, a pedestrian walking down the road at night is fine, a lawn mower (provided it isn't being an absolutely nuisance) going at night is fine. What isn't fine for a lot of people is something completely unknown just buzzing around when they don't have the context of what it is or what it could be doing. I'm not saying "ban it", just it's valid for people to report something like that happening and have an expectation they'll be taken seriously. Let's not over estimate the frequency with which people have seen or come into contact with drone flight here, we've had boats for millennia, cars for over a century. Heck, even micro scooters have been around for decades. Personally, I don't want random, unidentified things I've got no clue about flying around where I live at night. The military helicopters that go past every day are annoying, but I know what they are and know it's all good. And one day "oh, it's just Dave's flying drone swarm" will be just as accepted. Today is not that day.