Amazon Set To Launch Drone Delivery in California - Slashdot

Amazon Set To Launch Drone Delivery in California

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  Commercial drones aren’t cheap. You won’t be getting off with a fine.

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  They are going to start in the densest markets and work their way down, there's not going to be a lot of people shooting down drones in most cities. And once they identify areas where that's likely, they just won't make deliveries to those areas, nor fly through them. It's a problem, but one which can be addressed. Also, the products will be slung beneath the drones as per usual, so shooting them down will carry a high risk of destroying any payoff.

  • by magzteel ( 5013587 ) on Monday June 13, 2022 @11:57AM (#62615612)

    Delivery via drone might make shotgun owners more opportunistic.

    They are going to start in the densest markets and work their way down, there's not going to be a lot of people shooting down drones in most cities. And once they identify areas where that's likely, they just won't make deliveries to those areas, nor fly through them. It's a problem, but one which can be addressed. Also, the products will be slung beneath the drones as per usual, so shooting them down will carry a high risk of destroying any payoff.

    I would think it's the opposite - start in a much less dense area where people have big yards for the drone to drop a package in. The town they have chosen, Lockeford CA, has only 420 people/sq mi

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      Well, you make a good point, perhaps suburban sprawl is the most logical area to cover, as it will have the most back yards. But you can make drone deliveries in cities, too, where people have roof access, or on the top of people's cars, etc.

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        Having grown up in NYC, most people in apartments don't have access to the roof. Landlords don't want the risk of injury or roof damage.
        As for delivery on top of cars, that's never going to happen. Too much risk of damaging the car, too hazardous for people in the vicinity, and the odds of your package getting stolen are extremely high. You're lucky if they don't take the entire car.

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  And drug traffickers are soon going to be replaced by drones.

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    Uh, that is asking for them to get caught. All that is needed is one addict's family member to tell the police and they will track the drones back to the source.

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  How common is that? Besides, when the first few people who do that get hauled off to jail, the fun of drone-popping will go away. Besides, I am pretty sure people most people order stuff online nowadays and would prefer drones rather than getting their packages stolen or delivered expensive. Worst case, amazon drones can just avoid trailer parks.

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    Besides, when the first few people who do that get hauled off to jail, the fun of drone-popping will go away.

    
    
    Exactly. Look at how people stealing packages from other people's porches has stopped when the first few people were caught and punished.

    
    
    Or how rape has stopped once the first few men were caught and sent to jail. Or how people are no longer robbing stores, stealing cars, or committing murder after the first few people doing the same were caught and punished.

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      Well, in this case, the shooters would be on camera with a GPS fix on their exact location if they're daft enough to shoot thing down from their yard. If they're not in their own yard, their car may be on camera (Every car in the area will be, anyway. So they'd have had to trek a why's aways from their car before taking their shot. And, on that case, another drone could be re-tasked to follow them from outside shotgun range.) and depending on the angles there's a decent chance their license plate is vis

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    I disagree that punishment is a deterrent. Source: Rising crime rate globally.

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      How did that compare to the alternative scenario, where there are no punishments?

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        Because all-or-nothing scenarios are problematic when compared with reality, I will not answer your question.

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    Go away? Yeah. 4-chan says "hold my beer".