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> It's pretty sad that the owner of the $1200 flying machine is depicted as the perpetrator of a planned crime. No, he's depicted, accurlate, as the perpetrato

> It's pretty sad that the owner of the $1200 flying machine is depicted as the perpetrator of a planned crime. No, he's depicted, accurlate, as the perpetrator of a crime. That crime was running after the accident. This guy gives responsible drone owners a real problem. If I crash my drone into something, I expect to be responsible for it. My homeowner's insurance includes coverage for injuries caused by my drone; a fact I verified specifically because I am responsible. This guy just took off and ran. That's weak; criminally weak.

baddox 11y ago
It's not clear that he ran. Given that he clearly did not have control over the aircraft, it might have been well out of view.
- alienasa 11y ago
  Usually when you lose sight of a $1200 piece of technology, you go find it, and then attempt to recover it.
  - joshrotenberg 11y ago
    And then if you see it caused an injury and/or damage, you take responsibility and cooperate.
  - baddox 11y ago
    Absolutely. It's not clear how long the victim and/or authorities waited around for him to show up.
- dzhiurgis 11y ago
  Might be not the best idea to do when you have an angry crowd around you. Second option is calling cops and possibly getting into trouble even if nothing happened. Very few people would actually do it, but that is the right thing to do when you've been risking flying over a crowd.
  - JustSomeNobody 11y ago
    Angry crowd? I see no mention of an angry crowd. What we do know is the operator of the drone was careless and allegedly ran away from the scene of an accident.
peteretep 11y ago
> accurlate I was really really hoping that was a real word
zobzu 11y ago
Stuff hit people every day. People run away from it everyday, and sometimes get caught. But you only hear about it if its a toy "drone", and if possible, it's lacking details.
- pavel_lishin 11y ago
  I beg to differ: http://kxan.com/2015/06/23/3-more-rock-throwing-cases-reported-along-i-35/ http://kxan.com/2015/06/23/3-more-rock-throwing-cases-report... http://meredithaz.worldnow.com/story/28577622/teen-accused-of-throwing-rock-off-overpass-pleads-no-contest http://meredithaz.worldnow.com/story/28577622/teen-accused-o... http://fox2now.com/2015/06/16/police-investigating-vehicles-damaged-by-rocks-thrown-off-railroad-overpass/ http://fox2now.com/2015/06/16/police-investigating-vehicles-... http://www.kptv.com/story/28388107/two-in-custody-in-connection-with-rocks-thrown-from-overpass http://www.kptv.com/story/28388107/two-in-custody-in-connect... And that's just rocks thrown at cars. Just because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it's not reported, or that it doesn't happen often.
  - zobzu 11y ago
    "on hacker news"
autokad 11y ago
wow your homeowners insurance covers that? i guess if i ever get one i'll have to add that on
melling 11y ago
It's not a planned crime but we all know someone is going to accidentally get killed sooner than later. In fact, I'm on the record on HN 30 days ago when a jet almost hit a drone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9630862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9630862 "It' only a matter of time before someone gets killed. The person responsible will be sorry and explain that he (it will be a he) didn't realize the repercussions."

baddox 11y ago

It's not clear that he ran. Given that he clearly did not have control over the aircraft, it might have been well out of view.

alienasa 11y ago
Usually when you lose sight of a $1200 piece of technology, you go find it, and then attempt to recover it.
- joshrotenberg 11y ago
  And then if you see it caused an injury and/or damage, you take responsibility and cooperate.
- baddox 11y ago
  Absolutely. It's not clear how long the victim and/or authorities waited around for him to show up.
dzhiurgis 11y ago
Might be not the best idea to do when you have an angry crowd around you. Second option is calling cops and possibly getting into trouble even if nothing happened. Very few people would actually do it, but that is the right thing to do when you've been risking flying over a crowd.
- JustSomeNobody 11y ago
  Angry crowd? I see no mention of an angry crowd. What we do know is the operator of the drone was careless and allegedly ran away from the scene of an accident.

peteretep 11y ago

> accurlate I was really really hoping that was a real word

zobzu 11y ago

Stuff hit people every day. People run away from it everyday, and sometimes get caught. But you only hear about it if its a toy "drone", and if possible, it's lacking details.

pavel_lishin 11y ago
I beg to differ: http://kxan.com/2015/06/23/3-more-rock-throwing-cases-reported-along-i-35/ http://kxan.com/2015/06/23/3-more-rock-throwing-cases-report... http://meredithaz.worldnow.com/story/28577622/teen-accused-of-throwing-rock-off-overpass-pleads-no-contest http://meredithaz.worldnow.com/story/28577622/teen-accused-o... http://fox2now.com/2015/06/16/police-investigating-vehicles-damaged-by-rocks-thrown-off-railroad-overpass/ http://fox2now.com/2015/06/16/police-investigating-vehicles-... http://www.kptv.com/story/28388107/two-in-custody-in-connection-with-rocks-thrown-from-overpass http://www.kptv.com/story/28388107/two-in-custody-in-connect... And that's just rocks thrown at cars. Just because you don't hear about it doesn't mean it's not reported, or that it doesn't happen often.
- zobzu 11y ago
  "on hacker news"

autokad 11y ago

wow your homeowners insurance covers that? i guess if i ever get one i'll have to add that on

melling 11y ago

It's not a planned crime but we all know someone is going to accidentally get killed sooner than later. In fact, I'm on the record on HN 30 days ago when a jet almost hit a drone. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9630862 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9630862 "It' only a matter of time before someone gets killed. The person responsible will be sorry and explain that he (it will be a he) didn't realize the repercussions."