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Originally Posted by shopmaker
It may be creepy, but the business case is just too damn good. If you had autonomous parcel delivery you can be quick and cost effective (no delivery trucks or personnel). Amazon is testing it and in Germany DHL has a parcel-copter that services a pharmacy on an island in the North Sea from the mainland. This thing can even fly, when bad weather prevents other means of delivery.
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It isn't creepy. I have no problem if the drone delivery vehicles travel over the public right of way streets and roads like a wheeled ground delivery truck does today. If the drone enters your private property in a safe manner like a delivery truck would come onto your property for the purpose of delivering goods to you -- there is no problem at all.
The only problem I have is when a drone enters your property without permission, you do have airspace property rights to an altitude of at least 500ft that has been established (US Laws). You have given delivery drones permission the same was you give delivery trucks permission -- to make a delivery of the goods that you want (ordered delivered).
@_Richard_: Depends. Can you disable a police car that is in your driveway? Can you destroy an inanimate flying object in the private airspace above your property that is trespassing?
It's against the law to discharge a firearm inside city limits here. There isn't a 'drone hunting season' and you can use a long bow to shoot arrows legally here. A drone is not a FAA (US Laws) regulated aircraft. If your jamming device will not interfere with regulated aircraft 500ft+ altitude -- it is not against the law? You can't claim damage to your property if it happens when you are in trespass only to your
person under limited circumstances.
You may be defending your property rights under the trespass of privacy or trespass of chattel. Has not been through the courts yet AFIK.