When you think of drones hovering around in the air, what do you think about its use? Do you think of kids toys or spy tools? The reason I say spy tools is because the drones are unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), a remote-controlled aircraft that normally has a camera on it that can hook up to your phone or the device controlling it. The use of drones should be regulated by the government for reasons like this. This leads me to my first reason of drone usage being regulated. Drones could be used for invading others privacy. The camera on the aircraft could record others without them knowing or having consent to do so. The article, Invasion Of The Drones states,”One Kentucky father reported to have spotted a drone hovering over his daughters …show more content…
in their backyard and brought it down with his shotgun”. This shows that the effect of not having regulations allows people to spy on others creates a growing concern about the safety and privacy we really have. The concern of our privacy would lesson if regulations for the drone usage would be put in place. Another article called Are Private Drones Privacy Pirates? talks about a drone flying over a national park in Utah separating the adult bighorn sheep from their young. This proves that not just humans have a problem with drones, animals do too. Whether it’s the noise from the drone or it being there, it still bothers animals, which drone regulations can fix. My second reason for drone usage being regulated is because drones help people do jobs quicker and safer. Invasion Of The Drones states,”Engineers have begun using them to examine complex infrastructure-for example, checking a dam for cracks-much faster and more safely than they could do with the human eye. Meanwhile, a number of companies, including Amazon, are developing drones that may one day be able to drop purchases on your doorstep.” This shows that drones can be useful to companies, making everything quicker and safer. Regulations that would be put in place could allow the use of drones from companies, getting everything done way more effectively. The very same article also talks about Zipline, a California company that is making drone usage useful by transporting blood and medicines to the African nation of Rwanda using a drone. This would make the delivery faster. Cars could take days to transport, going through the mountains and traffic, but using a drone could take “30 minutes or less” when it’s transported from a distribution center. If rules restrict the public's use of drones, companies could do there job and even save people, bringing me to my last reason. The last reason I have for drone usage being regulated is, drones could save lives.
The article, Invasion Of The Drones concludes,”Lifeguards on a beach near Brisbane, Australia, were testing a new rescue drone when they were alerted to the plight of a pair of young surfers who’d gotten caught in rough water with 10-foot waves. The lifeguards steered the drone about the swimmers which just over a minute later released a flotation device. The teens grabbed on and swam safely to shore.” This goes kind of with the last reason because it helps the life guards do their jobs too. If regulations were put in place to allow the life guards to use the drones for their job, then they could save more people like those two teenagers in Australia. Another piece of text from the article said,”Last December, the Bel-Air neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, was ravaged by wildfires that force 46,000 residents to be evacuated. The L.A. Fire Department was able to use two drones to help steer people through smoke-filled hills to safety”. Drones can be used in dire situations, helping those who need help in a place where humans can’t be. The smoke of the fires would have made it hard to guide others to safety. But by using the drone, they made it efficient to get people out of the fire, saving those 46,000 people. The regulations that would allow companies to use drones, could allow firefighters to save people’s lives without risking their
own. Some people may believe the usage of drones should be regulated due to the fact that drones can save farmers and companies time and money. This is true, but with regulations, drone usage can become safer and more efficient. Drone usage should be regulated because it causes many problems to not have regulations for the drones, and no one ever said “regulations” means getting rid of drones. Drones have many uses and could be helpful to companies by making jobs quicker, and possibly even saving lives. The regulations make privacy concerns no longer an issue. So what do you think is better, a world with less concerns or more?
Evidence: Drones have many beneficial uses, including in search-and-rescue missions, scientific research, mapping, and more. But deployed without proper regulation, drones equipped with facial recognition software, infrared technology, and speakers capable of monitoring personal conversations would cause unprecedented invasions of our privacy rights. Interconnected drones could enable mass tracking of vehicles and people in wide areas. Tiny drones could go completely unnoticed while peering into the window of a home or place of worship.
One of the benefits of the Drone is preserving U.S. life. Drones can now replace surveillance missions inside enemy territory without risking the pilots capture and death. Drones are able to slip across borders without risking lives of pilots. They can linger in foreign countries and scout potential threats for a long period of time. They can then decide when to strike the target with minimal civilian casualties. (E-IR) Drones are also able to strike a target with better targeting strategies due to the pilot being removed from the cockpit. (E-IR) Besides the capability for a drone to just hunt down a ...
The FAA works on the gradual incorporation of rules and considerations in order to guarantee security and privacy. The U.S. Congress expects that in 2015 commercial drones will be ready to fly under regulated circumstances, but experts said that it would be until 2020 that unmanned aerial system are fully integrated. Nevertheless, laws will be published step by step according to their complexity and grade of autonomy. First small drones will be allowed to fly than larger ones, first drones operated by a ground-based pilot than automate long distance flights, and areas wi...
The US military has used drones in the war against terrorist for years now and the use of drones for domestic use has become a popular dispute. A lot of Americans consider flying drones over private property violates the fourth Amendment and the only time a drone should be used is if the drone operator has a warrant and probable cause. It is considered trespassing by some if a warrant is not obtained. In 2013, 43 states debated 96 different drone regulating bills but only 8 of them passed. Along with legislatures, the FAA has also had trouble regulating drone flight. The government has manipulated the rules of privacy for years. In two separate but similar court cases, the police department used aerial surveillance to get Intel on marijuana farms. The owners of the farms declared that the method was unconstitutional and took it to court. The courts ruled in favor of the government, in saying that the helicopters were above a certain height of 1000 feet and it was not invading their
“The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him” (G.K. Chesterton). A soldier is a soldier no matter what. If they fight behind a screen, on the front line, or from a controller as long as they’re protecting this country, the people in it, and the people fighting for it they are honorable. Some think that because one does their fighting from a remote control drone means that they have no understanding of war, and in some ways that is true, but they are still taking someone’s life when they choose to press that button just like the solders on the front line takes someone’s life when they pull the trigger. Both people are fighting the same fight: they love the country they are defending the people in it they just do it from different standpoints. Drones
Lifeguards use these drones to deploy lifesavers into the water right next to drowning civilians.
This, an example of one of the many uses of drones today, serves to show how much of an impact drones can have. A drone, or UAV, is a pilotless craft that is controlled by a remote (“Drone” 2015). As technology advances, the use of drones becomes progressively more prominent. Drones, an extremely useful tool, have a multitude of uses. These are: keeping track of forest fires, looking for missing persons, surveying drug infested countries to fight the drug war, and using them in hostage situations and high speed chases to track the perpetrator (“Drones” 2012).
Some limit law enforcement’s use of drones or other unmanned aircraft. For example, in Idaho, a law signed in 2013 provides that, except for emergencies. Drones are also very easily hackable making them very prone to losing private information or unknown entities taking control of and stealing the devices. It doesn't end at hackability, an investigation compiled that over 860 have been made to calls to police about drones in 2015. Calls include people claiming drones are being used to peek into their houses, to film schools and playgrounds, of being a general nuisance, and of flying into airplane flight paths. It is no doubt criminals will use these for malous acts, but what about our own
Bang. Have you ever thought about using a non-piloted drone to hunt? More hunters are using drones to hunt than ever. Should they use the drones? Drones should be used for hunting, it helps people hunt for food and people can use drones to scout ahead and see if there is anything hostile in that area.
The use of drones as weapons of war and delivery and surveillance systems should not be dismissed because many people do not realize the real capabilities of drones and how they can be used to better the world through efficient air strikes, faster delivery times, and useful surveillance. Some of the most common misconceptions about drones arise due to the lack of knowledge about what drones are. A drone is a remote controlled, pilotless aircraft that can be used to survey an area, conduct stealth missions, and deliver supplies into difficult to reach areas (Drone). Unmanned aircraft are also, contrary to popular belief, not solely machines that kill without even a thought to who is being fired upon. They have proved to be effective surveillance units in areas that may be dangerous for manned aircraft to fly, along with the potential to be reliable delivery units (Drones).
Another name for drones are Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVS). These are “aircraft either controlled by ‘pilots’ from the ground or increasingly, autonomously following a pre-programmed mission” (Cole 4). Even though there are many unique types of drones, but they usually fall under two main categories: ones that are armed and equipped with missiles and bombs and others that are used for surveillance. In the past couple of years the use of drones has increased dramatically. The reason being because “unlike manned aircraft they can stay aloft for many hours and are flown remotely so there is no danger to the flight crew” (Cole 13). There are drones that can actually fly over more than fifty hours. In countries such as Afghanistan and Iraq, the Predator and U.S Reaper are physically there. Cause of the power of technology th...
Drones are also called unmanned aerial vehicles. They come in various sizes for many purposes of uses. Drones are known by different names such as “Killer Drone” or “Spy” or “Surveillance Drone” as they are mostly use to decimate enemy and harm civilians, which is why drones received negative feedback from the public. Not all people use drones in warfare, they also use them as a hobby to film and entertain. Despite drones have negative sides, they also have positive sides as well.
Drones are known for their maneuverability and how easily they can have cameras attached to capture bird’s-eye images. However, with this innovation, comes the threat that it can be used for unethical purposes. According to an article by Matthew Koerner, because of the novelty of drones, rules and regulations surrounding them are still in development as courts decide on what is and isn’t constitutional concerning their use. Due to this, the use of drones to survey people without their knowledge and probable cause might be able to bypass through Fourth Amendment loopholes (Drones and the Fourth Amendment). In order to secure the privacy of US citizens, government officials need to quickly decide what limits to set on drones in order to stop their use of monitoring people without probable
Above your head, not more than ten feet from you, and your eyes fall upon a buzzing, hovering drone, which is obviously equipped with a small camera. You feel violated! Sadly, this is happening more often due to the cost of drones going down, the technology that these devices are based upon advancing greater than before, and the commercial opportunity of using drones. In many communities, drone use is a becoming a major issue or problem, and many voices around the nation are demanding that drones be addressed.
Drones are an emerging technology that has countless benefits and a myriad of intangible side-effects. I will clearly explain how drones effect on our lives by exploring the Social, Cultural, Political and Environmental impacts drone technology presents in our lives today.