The one negative experience I have had while flying my P3P was at the beach (very late in the day, very few people) when a couple of walkers in their 70s came by and one of the older ladies said "I don't like those things. I wish I had a baseball bat." I just ignored her though I would have liked to have tried out the baseball bat on her stupid old biddy skull. But on every other occasion people have been positive and supportive (especially anyone with kids). I always let them see the FPV and I land it so they can look at it up close. They are almost universally curious more than anything else. Very few people understand that a recreational-type drone cannot "spy" on people from 100-300' and I agree with the others that "spying" is by far the biggest concern among the general public.
I don't have the quote handy, but the California legislator who introduced SB 142 (all drones must fly over private property above 350' or are subject to civil trespass lawsuit) said something to the effect of "I was sitting in my backyard and saw a drone and decided that I didn't want those things looking through my window." As if a drone flying at 350' could look into ANYTHING.
I don't have the quote handy, but the California legislator who introduced SB 142 (all drones must fly over private property above 350' or are subject to civil trespass lawsuit) said something to the effect of "I was sitting in my backyard and saw a drone and decided that I didn't want those things looking through my window." As if a drone flying at 350' could look into ANYTHING.