They’re still at the ‘oh that’s cool’ phase, but when they’re suddenly appearing everywhere it’ll be very annoying.
We have a teenage neighbour who keeps flying drones over the garden when we’re using it and it’s getting incredibly annoying. You can be out in the garden mowing the grass and suddenly you’ve what sounds like a swarm of bees and it’s that bloody drone again.
Fancypants-Jenkins on
Get your own drone and give it weapons. Defend your airspace.
Table_Shim on
The inability of some people to understand the negative repercussions of this when scaled is crazy to me.
Ban it now except for certain medical uses.
itsfeckingfreezin on
The only drone deliveries in my area are drug deliveries. The local drug dealers have been using them since about mid-2020 to drop off drugs. It would be nice to ban the fecking things.
Dismal_Birthday7982 on
Can we still get catapults? That would be fun with a handful of ball bearings.
AJurassicSuccess on
Verily I say unto you. The era of the slingshot made of bent clothes hangers is nigh.
Curious_Strike_5379 on
22 or 177 take your pick
Wise_Adhesiveness746 on
What’s the law as regards shooting these down,on your private property?
I live rurally and there wouldn’t be any risk of hitting anyone else
banie01 on
An Airsoft MG modded to run the motor at high speed would give 600 BBs a minute to spray at anyone interloping your airspace!
Better AA defence than the army can manage.
Shoot ’em down!
RigasTelRuun on
You do not own or control the airspace above you land. Also do not try to attack the drone. A legally licensed drone legally counts as an aircraft even if it’s unmanned and if you take shot at it for example it could have serious repercussions for you.
What would think would happen if you opened up on an Airbus that was passing by?
CT0292 on
Bird shot would do the trick.
WarWonderful593 on
High power laser pointer. Just saying.
--0___0--- on
All of the suggestions down below are nonsense . What you need is your own drone with a very large net to capture the invading drone!
NoKaleidoscope2477 on
Drones are the future. Get used to it. Wait until the construction and postal service embrace them to their fullest. We will need laws around their use but stop crying they you don’t like the sound. Drones, Wind farms and other such modern things people get annoyed with are only going to be needed more and more.
Fighting modernisation hurts our economic outlook, which isn’t a great look for a country that currently relies on FDI as a major source of income.
Vivid_Ice_2755 on
Talk to the South Armagh brigade.
daheff_irl on
big net overhead to catch any low flying ones. salvage rules apply ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
No_demon_4226 on
Air soft gun
![gif](giphy|7pzsi1bP3FmFmuxC6P)
Bareback-bacon on
Paintball gun
No_demon_4226 on
You asked . Now it’s time to clip its wings so to speak
msdurden on
Quick answer – no, you cant refuse them permission to fly over your house.
You are entitled to reasonable privacy in your back garden however the owner of the drone delivery company said the machines dont record, and that’s how they skirt around the privacy issue.
Aparantley, the camera is only used for the last couple of feet to find the delivery address.
* The real issue is with randon drone owners who fly & record without any regulations
saighdiuir_singil on
Ya any good with at shooting seems like the easiest way
luke_woodside on
Unless they are flying below the minimum mandated altitude then no.
VanillaCommercial394 on
Yes , with a gat and a marble.
hmmm_ on
People living in cities unable to tolerate even the most minor of disturbances. They should go live in the countryside if they want uninterrupted peace and quiet.
Sbatio on
Depends, how’s your aim?
VeryOnlineGirl on
You can stop them if you have a gun.
boyga01 on
I’m going to buy an F35 and declare a no fly zone directly above my 20 by 20 foot back garden. Slava my house! (Seriously though what are these things delivering?)
misterbozack on
Shoot them down
daveirl on
I don’t doubt the responses here represent people’s views but it is indicative of the conservative impulses that rules everything today. This is the same thing that means we can’t easily build homes/infrastructure etc.
It’s new and has some cost so it must be stopped regardless of any benefit it may have to far more people.
90%+ of the replies could have been applied to the
motor car, airports or whatever
31 Comments
This shite must be banned ASAP.
They’re still at the ‘oh that’s cool’ phase, but when they’re suddenly appearing everywhere it’ll be very annoying.
We have a teenage neighbour who keeps flying drones over the garden when we’re using it and it’s getting incredibly annoying. You can be out in the garden mowing the grass and suddenly you’ve what sounds like a swarm of bees and it’s that bloody drone again.
Get your own drone and give it weapons. Defend your airspace.
The inability of some people to understand the negative repercussions of this when scaled is crazy to me.
Ban it now except for certain medical uses.
The only drone deliveries in my area are drug deliveries. The local drug dealers have been using them since about mid-2020 to drop off drugs. It would be nice to ban the fecking things.
Can we still get catapults? That would be fun with a handful of ball bearings.
Verily I say unto you. The era of the slingshot made of bent clothes hangers is nigh.
22 or 177 take your pick
What’s the law as regards shooting these down,on your private property?
I live rurally and there wouldn’t be any risk of hitting anyone else
An Airsoft MG modded to run the motor at high speed would give 600 BBs a minute to spray at anyone interloping your airspace!
Better AA defence than the army can manage.
Shoot ’em down!
You do not own or control the airspace above you land. Also do not try to attack the drone. A legally licensed drone legally counts as an aircraft even if it’s unmanned and if you take shot at it for example it could have serious repercussions for you.
What would think would happen if you opened up on an Airbus that was passing by?
Bird shot would do the trick.
High power laser pointer. Just saying.
All of the suggestions down below are nonsense . What you need is your own drone with a very large net to capture the invading drone!
Drones are the future. Get used to it. Wait until the construction and postal service embrace them to their fullest. We will need laws around their use but stop crying they you don’t like the sound. Drones, Wind farms and other such modern things people get annoyed with are only going to be needed more and more.
Fighting modernisation hurts our economic outlook, which isn’t a great look for a country that currently relies on FDI as a major source of income.
Talk to the South Armagh brigade.
big net overhead to catch any low flying ones. salvage rules apply ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|joy)
Air soft gun
![gif](giphy|7pzsi1bP3FmFmuxC6P)
Paintball gun
You asked . Now it’s time to clip its wings so to speak
Quick answer – no, you cant refuse them permission to fly over your house.
You are entitled to reasonable privacy in your back garden however the owner of the drone delivery company said the machines dont record, and that’s how they skirt around the privacy issue.
Aparantley, the camera is only used for the last couple of feet to find the delivery address.
* The real issue is with randon drone owners who fly & record without any regulations
Ya any good with at shooting seems like the easiest way
Unless they are flying below the minimum mandated altitude then no.
Yes , with a gat and a marble.
People living in cities unable to tolerate even the most minor of disturbances. They should go live in the countryside if they want uninterrupted peace and quiet.
Depends, how’s your aim?
You can stop them if you have a gun.
I’m going to buy an F35 and declare a no fly zone directly above my 20 by 20 foot back garden. Slava my house! (Seriously though what are these things delivering?)
Shoot them down
I don’t doubt the responses here represent people’s views but it is indicative of the conservative impulses that rules everything today. This is the same thing that means we can’t easily build homes/infrastructure etc.
It’s new and has some cost so it must be stopped regardless of any benefit it may have to far more people.
90%+ of the replies could have been applied to the
motor car, airports or whatever
Yes and no- just ask a lawyer