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Last year my wife was in the garden and noticed a drone just hovering above our, and our neighbours gardens. She didn't know who was operating it, and it made her uncomfortable. She likes to sunbathe in the garden sometimes like most normal people do, and now she's worried that she can't go about her life without this thing potentially spying on her and so has affected our enjoyment of our own private property and im irritated by that.
For this reason I dislike drones and if I see it again i will certainly start chucking things at it to get it to bugger off or crash. I don't care who it belongs to, it will be treated with the same amount of respect as the owner is showing us ie: none.
Drones my arse
For this reason I dislike drones and if I see it again i will certainly start chucking things at it to get it to bugger off or crash. I don't care who it belongs to, it will be treated with the same amount of respect as the owner is showing us ie: none.
Drones my arse
stinkspanner said:
Last year my wife was in the garden and noticed a drone just hovering above our, and our neighbours gardens. She didn't know who was operating it, and it made her uncomfortable. She likes to sunbathe in the garden sometimes like most normal people do, and now she's worried that she can't go about her life without this thing potentially spying on her and so has affected our enjoyment of our own private property and im irritated by that.
For this reason I dislike drones and if I see it again i will certainly start chucking things at it to get it to bugger off or crash. I don't care who it belongs to, it will be treated with the same amount of respect as the owner is showing us ie: none.
Drones my arse
She's seen a drone, once, and is now refusing to use in the garden?For this reason I dislike drones and if I see it again i will certainly start chucking things at it to get it to bugger off or crash. I don't care who it belongs to, it will be treated with the same amount of respect as the owner is showing us ie: none.
Drones my arse
stinkspanner said:
There is a difference between refusing to use the garden (I'm not sure where you got that idea from, cant see anything in my post that would make you think that) and being made to feel uncomfortable by a person unknown.
Don't be thick
It might not be too much to worry about though.Don't be thick
Apparently our local Police recently announced that nearly every drone complaint by house holders had a legitimate outcome.
Estate agents, surveyors and local filming crews all operating legally and above board.
Apparently the biggest complaint about the UAVs was their noise.
bad company said:
jdw100 said:
bad company said:
toerag said:
Good luck with that, if someone was flying one over my property I'd have it out the sky and be snapping bits off it as we had that conversation.
Hard as nails, brain the size of a pea.
That's a pretty s
te and pathetic attitude to have.I'd say the issues with drones over residential areas is easy to understand, it is the worry of the unknown. ie Unknown who the pilot is, what he is looking at / recording and why. It's not the noise or the danger in most cases, for example, if someone knocks on your door and asked to fly over your garden with a drone, told you why and what it was recording or filming etc, I think people would be more receptive to the idea than just seeing the thing, wondering what it is doing and why. and then worrying, could it be a voyeur, a crim casing the joint, some idiot kid who cannot control it, or is it a licensed property surveyor looking at the building three doors away.
And it will always be a problem until they are flying about everywhere as they may be on day. It's the same principle as to why "curtain twitchers" ina quiet cul de sac of 5 houses notice and note down reg plates of unknown cars, but people who live in Picadilly Circus don't. It is just human nature, and all parties would do well to remember that, drone operators and the public at large too.
And it will always be a problem until they are flying about everywhere as they may be on day. It's the same principle as to why "curtain twitchers" ina quiet cul de sac of 5 houses notice and note down reg plates of unknown cars, but people who live in Picadilly Circus don't. It is just human nature, and all parties would do well to remember that, drone operators and the public at large too.
It's all a matter of judgement. Someone flying 20ft over your garden is pretty inconsiderate, likewise taking closeups of your wife/daughter sunbathing but from way up in the air a drone can see every house in my town and a person in a garden would be just a few indistinguishable pixels even at fairly high resolution. Nobody is going to request the permission of every single person in an entire constituency before taking off because their house might occupy a few pixels in your photographs. On the other hand it would be reasonable to be annoyed if a drone was buzzing just overhead in your back garden without your permission.
None of the widely available consumer drones have zoom cameras, to get proper perv-vision detail you would need to be pretty close (<10m). As for the noise most quad-copters are no louder than an electric lawnmower, it's just some basic common sense, consideration and tolerance required by everyone.
None of the widely available consumer drones have zoom cameras, to get proper perv-vision detail you would need to be pretty close (<10m). As for the noise most quad-copters are no louder than an electric lawnmower, it's just some basic common sense, consideration and tolerance required by everyone.
Disastrous said:
WJNB said:
I greatly fear the fashion for drones, we have not seen anything yet.
Only a matter of time before they get into the hands of terrorists who could use them as remote bombers delivering an explosive load right into the centre of MOD properties, nuclear facilities etc. How would you stop a drone descending into the Wembley arena, & there have already been near misses near airports.
Our privacy WILL be invaded & there will be little we can do about it. An air gun might be the answer but as already suggested bringing down a drone which are getting bigger with blades that could cut your arm off would do even more harm.
Imagine the sort of person operating a camera carrying drone hovering over a children's playground, beach etc.
Weirdo's & Peeping Toms are probably having a field day already.
Only a matter of time before they get into the hands of terrorists who could use them as remote bombers delivering an explosive load right into the centre of MOD properties, nuclear facilities etc. How would you stop a drone descending into the Wembley arena, & there have already been near misses near airports.
Our privacy WILL be invaded & there will be little we can do about it. An air gun might be the answer but as already suggested bringing down a drone which are getting bigger with blades that could cut your arm off would do even more harm.
Imagine the sort of person operating a camera carrying drone hovering over a children's playground, beach etc.
Weirdo's & Peeping Toms are probably having a field day already.
In all seriousness, it must be really hard work being so afraid of 'things'. That post is like a irrational fear bingo card - terrorists, paedos and accidental injury, all in one post!
Mandalore said:
bad company said:
jdw100 said:
bad company said:
toerag said:
Good luck with that, if someone was flying one over my property I'd have it out the sky and be snapping bits off it as we had that conversation.
Hard as nails, brain the size of a pea.That's a pretty s
te and pathetic attitude to have.Mandalore said:
jdw100 said:
bad company said:
Watch out. E's Really Ard'!
I know he is - I can see through his window with my drone. Smile for the camera!
- The number of people on here who lack any ability to recognise a tongue-in-cheek post seems to be on an upward curve. It's quite depressing.Disastrous said:
Well obviously anything can be funny when used in a joke. I don't think he's actually suggesting he's watching you with a drone right now. I took it to be a flippant play on the thread subject-matter, no?
Nah, I understand - he was just blowing off steam at someone, because they threatened his hobby, but not him directly. We see that sort of thing a with cyclists and train spotters a lot on Pistonheads.But, if a guy walked in my garden with a camera in their hand whilst may family was there and started taking pictures, I wouldn't be too kind to their person and many would feel the same.
Standing a few meters away and operating a remote camera, a few feet off the ground, as in the specific story, does not make it any less intrusive.
Robbo 27 said:
As previously noted, the drone was being a nuisance to over eight houses, seen hovering below roof height in the gardens and as low as 6 feet from the ground. One person in his garden was nearly hit. We never did find out who was flying the thing but suspect someone flying it from their own garden or balcony.
Edited by Mandalore on Wednesday 13th April 13:25
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