Fear of a witch hunt?
Here's some of the things I've heard about since Xmas eve:
Random stop and searches of people in the area by the fuzz looking for anybody who owns a drone.
There was an argument in the street over yesterday when a kid was flying his toy in the garden and the neighbour didn't like it and threatened to call the police on the 8 year old (it was a Tinywhoop).
Numerous posts on so called local "groups" calling for model flyers to be banned in the area.
Numerous posts saying we should be jailed for life if caught flying.
So called "activists" asking for locations of where people fly so they can go hunt them out and cal the police.
and people wonder why I'm keeping my head down, but hey, if you want to have a party that goes on all night littered with drugs or carry a machete around with you, nobody cares about that, but dare walk down the street with a quad under your arm and expect the armed response until to come a knocking fairly soon.
Besides its too cold to fly at the mo, but I'll be back out in January with my wing "spying on everybody" as one moronic lady put it last month.
What a bunch of paranoid idiots. Your country has major issues with murder and freedom of speech and they want to protest a hobbyist toy? To be honest i notice many of these 'activists' are progressives and protest it because the media portrays it as a threat. Those people are idiots and have no knowledge generally of what they are talking about. I remember arguing with somebody about gun control and they started telling me how an AR 15 is a automatic weapon of mass destruction. It will go the same way with drones a tiny whoop will become a mass murder waiting to happen. Gremlins will be 'airplane killers'. Never mind that there is no evidence pointing to any of those as major threats a drone strike would be a bit worse than a bird strike and as long as it doesn't hit the engines or windshield the jet should be fine.
I'm sorry if i have become pessimistic, i do my best not to be to pessimistic of stuff like this, but it is sad watching stuff like this constricted and destroyed just for more government control. Drones are a small issue but how soon till the governments go after bigger ones? Just because some unsatisfied cowards feel unsafe doesnt mandate that all their petty whining be listened to.
We had some friends round before Xmas (and before DroneGate) and I decided to terrorise them with my tinywhoop for a laugh and one literally run out the room because they thought it was going to kill them, and these were fully grown adults, I wasn't sure whether to be amused or angered.
We had some friends round before Xmas (and before DroneGate) and I decided to terrorise them with my tinywhoop for a laugh and one literally run out the room because they thought it was going to kill them, and these were fully grown adults, I wasn't sure whether to be amused or angered.
Did you ever think that it was a deliberate stunt to allow those who wanted stricter rules get enough public reaction to tip the hands of regulators and bring in laws which better suit their individual requirements?As predicted the BS backlash as a result of the incident/non incident.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46787730
All these extra measures are in addition to the compulsory registration due this year already, based on an investigation that has yet to prove ANY OFFENSE was committed and WON’T deter criminal users in any way. If I am going to fly illegal drugs into a jail there is no way I am going to have bothered about BS registration.
So in summary-
- Police can simply seize any quadcopter and data if they have a warrant.
- Police can force you to land your quad, failure to do so is now an offence.
- Exclusion zone around airports now 5km not 1km with extensions along the approach track.