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by pinkrooftop 3474 days ago
I can't see this becoming a regular activity. They'll be people waiting near the distribution center treating it like skeet shooting range
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You should try shooting some clays in your neighbourhood. I'd be surprised if it would take more then ten minutes for you to be acquainted with your Miranda rights.

Actually, I suppose it's just as likely that you'd be acquainted with a coroner.

...and police waiting to arrest those people for vandalism, theft, and public endangerment.
Right, the same number of people who are hijacking ups trucks.
Oh, I think a few people will try - until they get chased down by "Order Fulfillment Assurance Drones" and carried away to a nearby unregistered warehouse for interrogation.
I think the comparison between robbing a truck and a drone is naive at best.

Would you consider the same robbing a truck, probably threatening the driver at gun point, being seen by him, to grabbing a package from the claps of a drone?

How many UPS trucks are on the road on any given day? How does that number compare to your five news stories over the last five years?
You know that more than 5 UPS trucks have been hijacked in the last 5 years so I don't know why you are asking me for such a silly comparison. I have no proof but I would guess amount of people that will [Hijack a UPS truck] < [Shoot down a drone].
@lighybyte I think UPS truck hijackers are motivated, violent criminals. A couple of dumb teenagers, armed with a potato gun would probably shoot at a drone just for the hell of it + criminals + overly protective property owners
Have you ever tried to hit a drone-sized target with a potato gun? Do you realize how challenging that is?
Considering shooting down a drone would be a federal crime I can't imagine more people would be willing to do it when compared to robbing a truck.
Are you trying to make a point? If so, could you be more clear?
Sure! The comment I replied to, seems to imply that hijacking UPS trucks is a non-existent, or rare event. A simple Google Search seems to indicate that it happens all the time. There for making the original OPs concern somewhat valid.
Every year, without fail, there are people in the world who are killed by goats.

This doesn't mean that I need to worry about goat attacks.

Your logic is off. If you spend a lot of time around goats then worrying about a goat attack is valid. Similar to how people in North Dakota do not worry about hurricane but people in the Florida Keys do.
Your definition of "all the time" includes two news stories in the last year?
If you honestly think that only 2 UPS trucks were hijacked last year based on my post then there is no reason for me to reply to you.
Are you not greatly exaggerating with "all the time"?
Ehh. Id be more worried about the hackers redirecting the flights