Man charged for flying drone during Edinburgh Hogmanay party | The Herald
Chuck the book at him was a no fly zone and even popped up on the fly app if you were anywhere near the place
Maybe wasn’t a DJI drone
Strange how this is the headline for the Herald when later in same piece is this nugget
Five other arrests were made in the city centre, where around 50,000 revellers gathered to bring in the new year.
They included a 17-year-old male, who was arrested over offences including a hate crime and possessing an offensive weapon.
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whats an offensive weapon? a picture of Donald Trump? drones seem to make headlines/click bait.
Only if you’re clearly breaking the restrictions put in place when flying one and acting a complete dick!
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Don’t know the details but there will be a lot of people who got drones for xmas and wouldn’t know what a NOTAM was. That’s a comment, not an excuse, of course, and my instinct is with the book-throwing idea.
I would have thought that only one arrest for carrying an offensive weapon on a midweek evening in Edinburgh was par for the course; parts of Auld Reekie are pretty rough! The Hogmany itself attracts around a million people, mostly drunk (I’ve been, it’s brilliant) but it’s kind of a family thing, if anyone is out of order they’re soon sorted out, and it feels safe (even to me, and I’m a pussywimp).
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A slight overestimate there John
In Pictures: Edinburgh's Hogmanay returns in a blaze of light and colour - BBC News.
What a complete k××b , this is why drone pilots get a bad reputation…why can’t people follow the rules, so we can all fly and enjoy what we do…
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Because not many people know them, and the majority of others don’t want to follow them.
Look at the threads on rule changes.
Then they shouldn’t be flying drones, you cannot drive a car without knowing the highway code, so why not learn the drone code…
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But the folks driving without licences/insurance are the ones that are costing motorists too.
That and the press jump on it like a fly to shite.
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There’s too much of a gap between retailer and enforcement and no authority currently able to address it. That has been fixed as it relates to say, joining a gun club vs owning a gun - at some point (perhaps 2kg+ drones), retailers are going to have to accept some level of accountability to check Op ID and Flyer ID, maybe A2 CoC BEFORE making a sales transaction. It’s a complex issue to solve, especially looking at the pre-owned market etc and retailers are powerful bodies!!!
Then you drive and realise most haven’t looked at the Highway Code since passing the driving test 30+ years ago
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Such measures are unlikely to be terribly effective: driving licenses haven’t stopped motoring offences and gun licensing doesn’t prevent firearms offences. It comes down to personal responsibility and individual accountability, and there will always be some who are bad actors or wilfully ignorant. Especially after RID is mandatory for all in 2028, unauthorised flying of a registered UAV in a NFZ will be like driving through a speed camera at 20 over the limit. Other than those, any resources the authorities do have will likely be targetting unregistered pilots.
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Not much short of 50 years ago here and I’m only aware of more recent highway code changes from the news (pedestrians right of way at junctions being the last one I heard) and helping the kids get through their tests.
There’s also others to mention, notably TVs and TV licence, e-scooters and the law.
As a country, we create all these laws and rules but enforcement tends to be reactive rather than proactive.
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