I understand and agree in part with what you´re saying Shockwave. I don´t mean to sound like I´m taking unnecessary risks at large just for the thrill of it because I´m not. Far from it. And I´m not advocating for it either, I understand it´s a personal decision but it´s just one decision like many we take in life.
But
... well..
. the sake of a good shot is what it is about if I´m under a contract. Not at all costs of course, but that´s not what we´re talking about, at least I´m not. Just like
the sake of going places is what makes me drive my car whenever I need, have or just want to. And I and everyone else on my path are under some risk that cannot be avoided regardless of people knowing or accepting it. It´s just unnavoidable, so yes the rationale behind both decisions and many others is the same IMO.
I don´t want to hurt anyone with my P3 as much as I don´t want to hit anyone with my car, or kill anyone with my buildings. I must fly, drive and project so I take all the necessary (and possible) steps to minimize risks, but I still do it all when I have to, and move on.
It´s a social contract, otherwise no one would do much because there´s always some risk involved at a lot we do in society, known or not, accepted or not. If the risk involved is beyond acceptable for the situation then I agree it should be disclosed, or avoided altogether, or any other measure taken. Otherwise, society has tools to deal with consequences, if the situation presents itself. As someone said above, there´s no transfering the responsibility.
But objectively, if we take the statistics I´d guess the odds of hurting someone with any of my drones at a concert or a marathon are considerably smaller than hurting or maybe even killing someone while driving to or from said event, all things considered. Also objectivelly, to me it doesn´t matter much if I´m flying over a small or large crowd, ´cos if my drone fails I´ll hit the same number of people. The one and only way to avoid that is to not fly over people at all.
And then there are cars, animals, buildings, helicopters, planes, birds... Man, come to think of it, I should go back to my RC cars, it´s a lot simpler and a lot less dangerous LOL
Just kidding.