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There needs to be a pollution (including noise) tax collected to counterweight the inevitable of potentially non-stop swarm of buzzing that will be making 10,00
by loceng 6y ago
There needs to be a pollution (including noise) tax collected to counterweight the inevitable of potentially non-stop swarm of buzzing that will be making 10,000s to 100,000s of deliveries in cities everyday.
- ceejayoz 6y agoThis is a cargo plane, not a buzzy quadcopter drone. They already fly these routes; they just use human pilots to do so.
- evanlivingston 6y agoAnd they're already loud. If they proliferate, whether human operated or autonomous, the noise will increase. +1 vote for heavily regulating noise pollution.
- ceejayoz 6y agoNoise pollution from airports is regulated. Many airports have departure patterns that avoid areas sensitive to noise. Drones are going to need similar regulation, I agree.
- lozaning 6y agoShout out SNA, which has a spectacular departure flight path to ensure compliance with back bay NIMBYS who showed up after the airport was already built.
- chickenpotpie 6y agoI would prefer if it was legally required to be below a certain amount or you can’t do it at all. Perhaps you can purchase decibel credits. If I can’t sleep at night it doesn’t make me any happier to know that the city is getting more revenue.
- projektfu 6y agoWe need to find a drone motor that produces more laminar and less turbulent flow than the current ducted fans do.