Hi all,
I live in the Bay Area and am really surprised and disappointed by all the bans on drone use in the area. All of the East Bay Parks district, open spaces and preserves have banned drones. Along with most state parks (I.e. Mount Diablo), all national parks and various municipalities in the area. It's close to impossible to use a drone in any of the scenic areas in this region.
The reasons given include everything from supposed danger to aircraft to disturbing local wildlife. I wonder if there is an advocacy group I can work with to try to reverse this trend. It's just foolishness and lack of knowledge that leads a local park board or commission to ban drones, due to some supposed, yet completely unproven or supported, fear that drone pose some kind of danger. Most of these boards take the "we don't ever want to be blamed for anything, so let's just ban it", mentality. There has to be a voice on the other side of this argument. Does anyone know of a group or groups I could work with. I would hate to see this continue to the point in which general regional bans get imposed, which is the direction things are heading.
Thanks
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I live in the Bay Area and am really surprised and disappointed by all the bans on drone use in the area. All of the East Bay Parks district, open spaces and preserves have banned drones. Along with most state parks (I.e. Mount Diablo), all national parks and various municipalities in the area. It's close to impossible to use a drone in any of the scenic areas in this region.
The reasons given include everything from supposed danger to aircraft to disturbing local wildlife. I wonder if there is an advocacy group I can work with to try to reverse this trend. It's just foolishness and lack of knowledge that leads a local park board or commission to ban drones, due to some supposed, yet completely unproven or supported, fear that drone pose some kind of danger. Most of these boards take the "we don't ever want to be blamed for anything, so let's just ban it", mentality. There has to be a voice on the other side of this argument. Does anyone know of a group or groups I could work with. I would hate to see this continue to the point in which general regional bans get imposed, which is the direction things are heading.
Thanks
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