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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 deepsun »

mike_d wrote: post #144
deepsun wrote: post #128

Discuss it with your city/county council. If it annoys enough people, you might introduce regulations, aka making agreement with the drone operators.

This article is from Ireland, but at least here in the US local governments cannot create laws governing anything that is airborne.

Yes, FAA is federal, so the municipal councils would figure that out. My point is that there's a working democratic process for solving problems like that, besides internet frustration.

E.g. buzzing someone's home on an airplane is already a real FAA regulations violation, can be even a criminal offense.

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Post by Aziell »

I live in a pretty quiet neighborhood, and I’m not thrilled about the idea of drones flying over my backyard all the time. There’s something really jarring about sitting outside and suddenly hearing that loud buzzing overhead. I don’t think anyone’s really asked regular people how they feel about this kind of thing.

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Post by anonymars »

mulmen wrote: post #130
anonymars wrote: post #99

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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…

Interesting. Malheur was led by the same Amon Bundy.

Close! The 2014 standoff was led by Clive Bundy, Ammon's father

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

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Post by masswerk »

Aloisius wrote: post #81
Yeul wrote: post #45

How is drone delivery economically feasible? The carry weight is negligible, the range is paltry and they still require operators- whom I'm sure earn more than your average white van man.

A Wing delivery drones can lift 5 lbs and travel upwards of 12 miles at up to 70 mph. If a single operator can pilot 20 drones simultaneously, delivering say 50+ packages/hour, then it starts to make sense.

Well, as this is about Ireland, EU regulations state that a drone operator may control just a single drone at a time. (So, no simultaneous control.)

*) UAS.STS-01.040 Responsibilities of the remote pilot: "(d) shall operate only one unmanned aircraft at a time"

https://www.easa.europa.eu/en/document-library/easy-access-r...

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

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Post by eclipticplane »

Aziell wrote: post #183

I live in a pretty quiet neighborhood, and I’m not thrilled about the idea of drones flying over my backyard all the time. There’s something really jarring about sitting outside and suddenly hearing that loud buzzing overhead. I don’t think anyone’s really asked regular people how they feel about this kind of thing.

The NYPD drones buzz my neighborhood repeatedly during the summer months, and they are relatively small drones. Incredibly loud and distracting. I'm not looking forward to deliveries via heavier, louder drones.

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

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Post by renewiltord »

One of the things I find incredibly annoying is that delivery drivers will drive by my home even when they're not delivering to me. Did they even ask for my consent? Once they have self-driving cargo vans, I'm just going to shoot out their tires so they can't spy on me.

Or that's what I would sound like if I was a looneybin.

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Post by georgemcbay »

DaSHacka wrote: post #160
kelseyfrog wrote: post #154

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Unfortunately it runs afoul of the same laws against training apes to steal[1] or pickpocket[2]. 1. Dunston Checks In (1996) 2. Monkey Trouble (1994)

I somehow doubt the crows will cough up the perps name when interrogated....

They definitely won't, crows are very loyal and they abhor snitches.

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

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Post by eclipticplane »

mike_d wrote: post #144
deepsun wrote: post #128

Discuss it with your city/county council. If it annoys enough people, you might introduce regulations, aka making agreement with the drone operators.

This article is from Ireland, but at least here in the US local governments cannot create laws governing anything that is airborne.

Ban any facility that operates delivery drones, then. Or tax them into non-existence.
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