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Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by gigel82 »

tjohns wrote: post #10
SoftTalker wrote: post #7

In my neighborhood (rural) a drone hovering over someone's property would be likely used as target practice. If delivery drones become commonplace, there are going to have to be regulations about which air corridors they can use (altitude and routes) or it will be chaos.

For what it's worth, shooting at aircraft (including drones) is a federal offense, and the FAA takes that one pretty seriously. Drones also have cameras.

If drones have cameras and are hovering above someone's property I'd argue that's an extra incentive to the property owners to do something about it... unless we're saying it's perfectly legal to spy on anyone's property from above.

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Post by mistrial9 »

rz2k wrote: post #53
tjohns wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For what it's worth, shooting at aircraft (including drones) is a federal offense, and the FAA takes that one pretty seriously. Drones also have cameras.

They likely know their neighborhood. In my semi-rural neighborhood even discharging a firearm might lead to someone calling the Sheriff. In other neighborhoods armed gangs can apparently confront FEMA without any repercussions. In yet others, they can occupy parts of national parks and have an armed standoff with federal agents, again with no real consequences.

go to any large metro with large poor districts in the USA on New Year's Eve.. also 4th of July.. try and count the firearms.. People have figured out very well how to hide in a crowd. Some of the other circumstances mentioned sound ill-informed TBH

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by op00to »

SoftTalker wrote: post #7

In my neighborhood (rural) a drone hovering over someone's property would be likely used as target practice. If delivery drones become commonplace, there are going to have to be regulations about which air corridors they can use (altitude and routes) or it will be chaos.

There are regulations about what air corridors they can use in the US.

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by dyauspitr »

neepi wrote: post #11

Clearly the solution is to obtain anti delivery drone drones and bag all the free stuff that falls out of the sky into your property.

With all the money behind it that’s probably going to a criminally punished similar to hijacking a goods truck n the highway.

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by john-h-k »

Volundr wrote: post #66
zelphirkalt wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well,not my country, but I think it is quite a silly and too general rule: What if 10 neighbors collude and start flying drones over my garden and house, only a few meters above ground or my roof, 24/7? What if one of their drones crashes without my doing and hurts _me_? So the actual rules need to be more nuanced than this, to prevent people doing crazy shit with their tech gadgets hurting others. They cannot be giv…

> What if 10 neighbors collude and start flying drones over my garden and house, only a few meters above ground or my roof, 24/7? What if one of their drones crashes without my doing and hurts _me_? Are you under the impression that either of these things is legal, and that gunplay is your only recourse?

The legal system is when you get to shoot at things that break the law

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by seanthemon »

adolph wrote: post #90
Balgair wrote: post #80

Aside: It's going to be a great time when the crows, raccoons, and other semi-intelligent wildlife discover that these drones have food in them at seemingly random reward schedules. Sure, you can give the drones little tasers to keep the animals away, depending on your locality. But knowing what I know about bears and crows, almost nothing is going to stop them. Especially when some influencer jerk tries tempting a b…

I can definitely see a future time when small autonomous air vehicles start to have problems with the local wildlife, either from the thick flocks of grackles in winter or from the more mischievous neighborhood corvids.

They'll have protecto-drones and decoy drones following them until it's so expensive we go back to good ol' launching packages by trebuchet

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by adolph »

SoftTalker wrote: post #7

In my neighborhood (rural) a drone hovering over someone's property would be likely used as target practice. If delivery drones become commonplace, there are going to have to be regulations about which air corridors they can use (altitude and routes) or it will be chaos.

> a drone hovering over someone's property would be likely used as target practice

A long time ago I got to spend some time doing this and it was trickier than one might think. You have to lead over 3 dimensions instead of 2 and the vehicle speed is more variable than most things.

Re: Can I stop drone delivery companies flying over my property?

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Post by anonymars »

mulmen wrote: post #84
rz2k wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They likely know their neighborhood. In my semi-rural neighborhood even discharging a firearm might lead to someone calling the Sheriff. In other neighborhoods armed gangs can apparently confront FEMA without any repercussions. In yet others, they can occupy parts of national parks and have an armed standoff with federal agents, again with no real consequences.

> In yet others, they can occupy parts of national parks and have an armed standoff with federal agents, again with no real consequences. What situation are you referencing here? First one that comes to mind is Malheur but one of them was killed and 7 went to prison.

I imagine they're thinking of the Bundy standoff (which was federal BLM land but not a national park)

To wit:

> The Bundy standoff’s most significant legacy may be the precedent it established: that armed resistance against federal authorities could succeed without serious legal consequences for participants. This outcome has had a profound impact on antigovernment extremist movements, creating what experts describe as “a straight line” connecting Bunkerville to the Capitol riot.

https://lasvegassun.com/news/2025/apr/13/a-decade-of-defianc...

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