The UK government has recently announced their plans to introduce new drone legislation that is going to require that drone owners register their devices.
Under the new arrangement, anyone who owns a drone that weighs more than 250 grams (8 oz), will need to register that device with the state.
Along with the new changes will also be some requirements for drone owners to take an assessment test regarding safety awareness. The drone owners will need to have passed that test in order to operate their drones with the right permission.
It isn't clear yet exactly how citizens will be able to go about completing the drone registration process. They've suggested that the public might be able to sign up through online sources or through apps, the details on the plan are still being sorted out.
The government will also be looking to ramp up development of no-fly zones that are going to be using geo-fencing technology around prisons and airport areas.
There have been a number of complaints around the world about drone owners flying their drones too close to airports, or about prisoners being able to gain access to prohibited items through drone delivery to the prison. It's no surprise then that some would be working on a system to try and guard property areas like this.
Drone complaints in the UK alone have allegedly increased by over 325 percent.
Aside from issues with airports and prisons, concerns for drones interfering with flight paths etc, there have also been a large amount of complaints from the public on intrusive drones in various neighborhoods. Some disgruntled citizens have even taken to vandalizing drones that they felt were intruding on their property or privacy.
According to the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) for the UK, the majority of drone operators in the UK (about 62 percent of them) are operating their drones just for fun, while there are many others using it for occupational purposes. Surprisingly, a majority of them think that there should be a recommended or minimum age required when it comes to using a drone.
It's also been found that most consumers in the UK, about 69 percent, feel that retailers should be responsible for drone education. And for many drone operators, this is where their first point of education is. Consumers report having a positive outlook on the use of drones for many different tasks/industries, like traffic monitoring, agriculture, emergency health services, and power line inspection.
UK consumers report having a positive outlook on the use of drones for many different tasks/industries, like traffic monitoring, agriculture, emergency health services, and power line inspection.
When it comes to the younger crowd, those 18-34, they've used words like “innovative,” “useful,” “futuristic,” and “modern” to describe drones. While older consumers, those 35-54+, have used words like “unregulated” and “dangerous” when it comes to how they feel about the technology.
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Sources:
https://techcrunch.com/2017/07/22/drone-registration-coming-to-the-uk/
http://www.businessinsider.com/uk-government-is-clamping-down-on-drone-owners-2017-7
https://phys.org/news/2017-07-uk-tighten-drone.html
http://dronesafe.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/CAA_Consumer_Drone_Users_report.pdf
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US still has given the permission to its citizens to use drone but in India it is still banned.
The was one flying over my house yesterday evening and I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this as they all have cameras on might have to get the air rifle out . Cheers mike
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It is true that drones can pose a real problem.
If you listen to the corporate bankster-gobbling kafka-bleating government fun spoiling mafia, then yes, drones are a pesky nusciance which should be immediately stopped with a combination of Surface to Air missile strikes, and a forty foot shit-heap of regulatory head bleeding from the combined offices of the whitehall satsumas and the European chamber of bickery shit-talkers.
I'm going to do a whole Rex Steemer episode on this topic in the next week or two, and I might run it into why I think prisoners should just be GIVEN drugs for free!
Completely in, but take into consideration that in Europe we don't have guns to take down drones checking through our windows
I think the proposed legislation is reasonable. Great post!
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Still better than where I live. They are not allowed. Haven't used ours for a while now. ☹Thanks for the info.
It's crazy, but I honestly saw these rules coming as the more drones enter the sky in due time.. What drone do you have?
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I think it is a general good thing registrating them. Before they flood the skies.
and start falling down to our heads!
knew it was coming
Drones are only popular as they are very easy to fly, they don't need any skill at all. If you can't use a drone then what is wrong with a model aircraft or helicopter?
Let me guess, but I guess RC aircraft are going to fall into this legislation, they are original drones from before drones where mainstream
it was only when it will happen, not if it will. thank you for sharing this.
In two minds about this. It's a shame we can't trust people to use them responsibly, but with the risk to aircraft I think it's reasonable that they are at the least registered.
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I think that it is a good idea to register drones and have specific areas where it is allowed to ensure safety.
I love drones but there seems like there is a spiteful antipathy towards them.
Hopefully complaints will go down and people will embrace what a great invention drones are @doitvoluntarily
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Does not suprise me the UK regime are clamping down on everything and trying every means possible to find out what we are doing. I agree with the no fly zones for sure that is common sense but the registration is just an effort to spy. It’s like when they brought in the registration to buy digital scales in case you were a drug dealer. The education ... yes this could be beneficial! As for the invasion on privacy this is a genuine point, but I do wonder how this will work; the police are using drone A LOT essecially at protests so any so call laws (ACTS) they bring in will be interesting ?
For a so called free country, damn they have a lot of rules and regulations.
I just saw the headlines earlier. Still wonder how effectively this control can be enforced.s
Good luck enforcing these laws! :D A work around will be to buy the parts separately and put it together on your own. And you can make many of the parts in your own home with a 3-D printer.
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It just makes sense what they're doing, we were out the other day flying our drone and there was drone traffic and also they can go up above the clouds and that's dangerous we don't fly ours more than four hundred feet
I live in both the UK & US and fly between the two with my Drone. In the US for recreational use you just had to register the device online, get a code, print it off and stick it somewhere on your Drone. I put mine under the battery of my Mavic Pro.
They will likely do the same here but a competency test? Hmm that's interesting. Likely something they charge a fortune for too!
Such laws are also planned in Germany. I'm flying my drone here just with an extra liability insurance. It can always be that the flight object once aborted and men or things to harm.
Anyone know of a good sub 250g drone? DJI Spark is just over at 300g.