No-drone signs going up at Golden Gate Bridge

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The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District this week is installing new signs to remind people that flying drones over or near the famous bridge is prohibited.

District officials said the drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems, pose safety and security risks to people on the bridge.

No-drone signs going up at Golden Gate Bridge
 
The Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District this week is installing new signs to remind people that flying drones over or near the famous bridge is prohibited.

District officials said the drones, also known as unmanned aerial systems, pose safety and security risks to people on the bridge.

No-drone signs going up at Golden Gate Bridge
Since "near" is vague and completely undefined, as long as you don't fly over the bridge and are flying from a remote location, you should still be fine to get decent aerial images of the bridge from the air. Just launch from 5 miles away, and they will be hard pressed to track you. Even if they do, you have a flight log to prove you were not "near" but were still "far" enough away to not pose a danger to anyone except the fish in the ocean below! :D

For more insight prior to the new signs, see
Fly at Golden Gate Bridge? | DJI Phantom Forum
 
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From what I've heard and understand, the Marin Headlands in the north are off limits because it's a national park. Same with the Presidio and Crissy field - the areas just south of the bridge. There is a small beach about 2 miles from the bridge which is a city park, so taking off and landing there should be completely legal, and within flying range.

The FAA hasn't posted anything that I've found saying the bridge area is off limits, in terms of air space. Planes and helicopters fly around it all the time, so it would be best to not go too high over the bridge. As long as you don't crash on the bridge or take off or land on the bridge or in the National Park areas around it, it should still be legal.

Please chime in if you have other information or believe this is incorrect!
 
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Unless fliers organize and get a strong lobbying force to protect and strengthen the legal right to fly, this trend will only continue.
 
san francisco leads the way to regulation - "whether you like it or not" as gavin newsom would say.
 
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Unless fliers organize and get a strong lobbying force to protect and strengthen the legal right to fly, this trend will only continue.
That train has already left the station. Unfortunately, drone haters outnumber drone owners by over 1000:1.:eek:
 
California legislation will ban farting in public because it makes too much noise and causes massive pollution. I feel sorry for anyone that lives in Cali
 

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