Breaches of the Drone code

General Drone Discussion
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Totally agree.
We are all personally responsible for our actions, in my case based on common sense and experience!

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Ahh, my mistake - should have been the Road Traffic Act!
I found this posting quite difficult to respond to, so was just looking at the overall picture…
On a more serious note, we all should realise that the US proposals for remote identification (even under 250g) has been rubber stamped for the UK and will be introduced here within 2 years
as the following Commons Select Committee “Commercial and Recreational Drone use in the UK” report states:

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In effect this will make most of our equipment illegal to use, except in a government approved “flying area” i.e. a remote field at the back of beyond…

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Yeah but to use your highway code and speed limits analogy:

Who really is gonna give a fuck, not the flyers or the rozzers in my opinion.

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There is that!

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whos going to pay for retro fits , not the authorities, that’s for certain. and it wont be cheap. I agree with the geofencing but only around airports and security buildings

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Possibly not - several drones are already electronically conspicuous, like my M2Z, broadcasting remote identification data today with no way to disable it.

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Even the original Mavic Pro supports it :roll_eyes:

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123

How?

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Interesting, you should be OK then.
Do you know what info it broadcasts?
MB

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I am thinking about the many older but perfectly usable types.
My Phantom 4 has an option in the menu for some sort of code.

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Drone ID, pilot location :grimacing:

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@Mel lots of details I this thread:

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128

I’ll probably give up droning then

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My M2Z is broadcasting bugger all at the moment :sleepy::sleepy:

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The NATS drone assist app also has a flight report feature that let’s you submit a report showing your location and a brief flight description.

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Me too :innocent:

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Isn’t that just part of the normal telemetry back to the controller to show location in the map view etc?

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Yes.

The difference being that it’s also broadcast to everyone else within range, not just to your own controller.

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See previous thread and my correspondence with the Information Commissioner’s Office: if you choose to buy a device that broadcasts your location over the airwaves, that’s (currently) your choice. There is no data protection reason for the ICO to intervene.

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They should introduce such a scheme for cyclists and old people driving

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