U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people

Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by peterburkimsher on Monday January 14, 2019 @08:03PM (#18908064)

I was in Taiwan for the last 4 years, and went to many music festivals. At one of those, the drone continued recording videos even after sunset.

The weather was super hot. I was directly underneath at times, and the breeze from the drone was a very welcome relief. I wasn't scared about it falling on me, and the noise didn't disturb the music (although that says something about my taste for punk rock).

That may be different for large delivery drones, but I think that small recreational drones (e.g. DJI) should be allowed all the time, including at night over a crowd.

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Re:U.S. proposes to allow drone operation at night, over people by brokenmachine on Tuesday January 15, 2019 @12:22AM (#18909019)

Let me get this right: because you weren't annoyed by the level of drone noise while you were at a punk rock concert and weren't worried about it falling on you, you think flying them over people should be allowed "all the time"?

Like another commenter said, "You go inside if you want peace and quiet. The outside is only for the self-entitled now."

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