Damn right. There’s a ton of things on our everyday lives which limit our ability to use the things we own. And flying a drone is not that different than driving on a street, at least on a very fundamental level. There’s a set of agreed rules we (mostly) can trust in order to keep things running and keep everyone safe. You’re not allowed to drive anywhere you physically could, you need to keep your vehicle in a decent condition, drive on the correct lane within a speed limit and so on.
I’ve had my drone for 3 or 4 years now and I’ve taken a crapload of pictures with it all around and there’s been three cases where the zone limitations were an issue of any kind. One was when I tried to film my daughters sports game where the field was next door to an active airport, other was a bigger local event where police had denied all drones as a safety measure (one might argue if that was necessary on this case, but rules are rules) and third one was nearby Russian border.
And I can perfectly understand each and every one of those. Me getting a few neat photos from something is far less important than safety of other people. Plus I could still take all the photos I want from each of those locations with my cellphone or mount a telescope on my DSLR and use that.
Damn right. There’s a ton of things on our everyday lives which limit our ability to use the things we own. And flying a drone is not that different than driving on a street, at least on a very fundamental level. There’s a set of agreed rules we (mostly) can trust in order to keep things running and keep everyone safe. You’re not allowed to drive anywhere you physically could, you need to keep your vehicle in a decent condition, drive on the correct lane within a speed limit and so on.
I’ve had my drone for 3 or 4 years now and I’ve taken a crapload of pictures with it all around and there’s been three cases where the zone limitations were an issue of any kind. One was when I tried to film my daughters sports game where the field was next door to an active airport, other was a bigger local event where police had denied all drones as a safety measure (one might argue if that was necessary on this case, but rules are rules) and third one was nearby Russian border.
And I can perfectly understand each and every one of those. Me getting a few neat photos from something is far less important than safety of other people. Plus I could still take all the photos I want from each of those locations with my cellphone or mount a telescope on my DSLR and use that.