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Cryptolution t1_j1zzd8l wrote

I can't wait for this to get banned. This drone delivery idea is massively fucking stupid.

It's like red light cameras. We all think it's a great idea until it fucks our reality up then we waste billions by outlawing the thing we already spent money on.

At least this is a private company whoses losses will be their own.

Has anyone actually thought of what life will be like when we constantly have dozens of these noisy fuckers flying over our head constantly? Won't be able to look at the sunset without dronepocalypse ...

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linuxwes t1_j2036u4 wrote

The same argument could be made about telephone lines, airplanes, and lots of other technologies, yet we've managed to live with them. At least commercial drones can be easily regulated, I'm more concerned about hobbyists who DGAF about rules.

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ross_guy t1_j205nh7 wrote

Except we suck at regulating existing tech, never mind new ones. We used to air on the side of safety for all, now it’s whoever can bribe the most.

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skywalkerze t1_j20qd1y wrote

Let's never invent anything new, 'cause we suck at regulating tech.

Don't try to improve regulations and governments, why would you do such a thing?

Sounds like you are seriously saying we shouldn't have invented telephones and airplanes.

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ThMogget t1_j20llkc wrote

You realize that delivery vehicles make more noise and smog and clog more streets, right?

Can’t look out the window without seeing the automotive apocalypse now.

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Cryptolution t1_j2179c2 wrote

>You realize that delivery vehicles make more noise and smog and clog more streets, right?

USPS just announced electrifying their fleet. I also don't care if streets are filled with cars that's what they are designed to provide.

The air is NOT designed for your drone delivered antifungal anal cream your too lazy to drive to cvs to buy.

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cannibal_man t1_j22yg84 wrote

> The air is NOT designed for your drone delivered antifungal anal cream your too lazy to drive to cvs to buy.

Basement hobby boys beg to differ... Either the drone gets it for them or mommy will.

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cannibal_man t1_j20t5e2 wrote

> You realize that delivery vehicles make more noise and smog and clog more streets, right?

They're going electric as we speak.

Next.

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Rpanich t1_j21utc2 wrote

Cars are bigger than drones and will still require more electricity?

If your argument is that you don’t want to see drones everywhere, you realise that you currently see delivery cars everywhere, and due to size, more of them?

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cannibal_man t1_j21w7fw wrote

What's your point. Besides being pedantic comparing apples with oranges.

And no, I don't see delivery cars everywhere. Only the occasional one out here in the suburbs.

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Rpanich t1_j21wnw8 wrote

So why do you think you’d see more drones when there would be the same amount of deliveries, now done with smaller delivery vehicles?

I live in the city, I see delivery cars all the time. And it would be great to have those roads for other uses.

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cannibal_man t1_j21z1lt wrote

Yeah well I don't live in the city. At best I see one delivery driver a day.

That's better than having that shit buzzing over my head all the time.

And I don't mind if people shoot those intrusive things out of the sky, either.

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DogofManyColors t1_j20s5jm wrote

I’m still waiting for red light cameras to get banned. Moved away from a place that had them and now my new Facebook neighborhood page is full of Karens screaming how we need them

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reconrose t1_j21bi4y wrote

Wait why are red light cameras bad? Because they force you to go the speed limit? Sounds like they're working lol

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PhillipBrandon t1_j22j4vx wrote

Back when Houston was turning them off (some... 12? years ago?) There was a study showing that they increased minor accidents by people stopping suddenly at reds, rather than cruising through a stale yellow that might turn as they passed, but didn't reduce the instances of major accidents of cars plowing brazenly through a solid red into traffic.

And there was a lot of hand-in-honeypot vendors taking slices of increased traffic fines etc. It looked like it was really a wealth-distribution scheme to middlemen with government contracts at least as much as it was any kind of traffic law enforcement strategy.

I've seem more favorable studies of them in the years sense, but that was the motivation I remember for having them removed once upon a time.

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