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Delivery Drones Pros And Cons

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Logan Loftus
Diane Mercer
Honors Freshman Lit and Comp
1 February 2017
Delivery Drones and Uses When will drones come? What will drones do? These are the huge questions arising about drones that need to be answered, but frankly with all of the problems of delivery drones, the answers and drones themselves will not come. Even though delivery drones have helpful benefits, they should not be allowed because they are dangerous, inefficient, and invasive. The dangers of delivery drones cannot be ignored and will be one of the many downfalls of delivery drones. Drones are very dangerous to other aircraft in the sky. Drones can easily fly into other drones or planes. Nick Scott states in “Game of Drones,” that a drone flying over New York …show more content…

Drone cameras allow very little visibility. In the article written by Brian Elzweig, he explains that, “Even though many Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UASs) are designed with built in censors and cameras which can detect objects on the ground, these do little to help with in detecting objects that are in the flight path of the Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS)” (Elzweig 172). These cameras make it even more likely for a drone to crash. Another issue is that, “a ground observer or an accompanying “chase” aircraft must maintain visual contact with the Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)” (Elzweig 172). This quote is a good point because if the pilot cannot see the drone, and the cameras are not good enough to detect objects in the air, then a crash is very likely. Drones have also been said to smuggle things into places. For example, according Carlton Collins, “evidence suggests that drones have been used to smuggle drugs into and within the United States, and also to smuggle drugs and other contraband into prisons” (Collins 1). Drugs have become a huge problem in the United States and drones would just be another way to smuggle them in. If a drone were to smuggle a shank into prison, a guard or other prisoners could be killed. Delivery drones should not be used because they are danger to people, buildings, and …show more content…

Delivery drones may never come because of all the difficult things that must be considered and put in place. The cameras on drones have been brought up. According to Brian Elzweig, “It is likely that the FAA will require a variety of different technologies to replace the traditional see and avoid systems that would be used in traditional aircraft” (Elzweig 172). This is a difficult and costly situation. If drones get better cameras then they could invade more people’s privacy. Another topic that has been brought up is if law enforcement would need to get warrants when using drones. Brian Elzweig explains, “One area that courts will certainly have to address in the future is when the Fourth Amendment would require the government to get a warrant to use a UAS as part of their surveillance methods” (Elzweig 173). This specific regulation involves constitutional rights, which makes this very hard to believe delivery drones will ever come even with the helpful benefits they will

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