• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world
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      4 months ago

      FAA controls airspace from the blades of grass up. Airplanes are legally allowed to fly over private property, and drones are legally allowed to fly over private property. This is the current legal standing in America. I’m not saying it’s right, but that’s what it is.

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          Harassing people violates local law, and reports of harassment and such are the only way local law enforcement can respond to drone issues since local law enforcement does not have the jurisdiction to enforce the federal statutes where the FAA regulates drones.

          Drone law is crazy. There are lots of unintuitive things about it. It needs an overhaul.

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              What you describe is common. If you see a drone, you call your police and tell them you feel threatened or harassed. They will deal with it.

              FYI all drones are required to broadcast a remote id that is registered to the drone device which is registered to a drone pilot. Your phone can receive that remote id signal, which you can give to law enforcement so they can find the pilot. Not having remote id on a drone is a felony, because once again, drones operate in federally controlled airspace.

              https://www.faa.gov/uas/getting_started/remote_id

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          It is correct, you can even land there if you must and you’re allowed to retrieve it. I’ve had to explain this to a farmer once while recovering a hot air balloon at gunpoint.

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              There is so little unoccupied or public land in places where people want to live. It would be impossible if that was the rule.

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                  Forests don’t need deliveries. And good luck flying planes anywhere over just forests.

                  There’s a reason the FAA has the regulations it has.