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by sierdolij 2716 days ago
This doesn't really need another law. If something can be heard X m/ft away after night-time N (i.e., car stereo bass blasting at 3 am), or louder than Y anytime (i.e., concert without a permit), then it's creating a nuisance under existing legislation. It needs enforcement of what's already on the books if there's a complaint.

And the permit requirement to operate a small R/C toy is ridiculous: this information you don't want the government to have because it will be misused similarly to how social media was abused in the Gatwick Airport (non-)incident. The sensible thing would be classes (Class 1, 2, 3, etc.) of unmanned flying devices, as with model rockets.

https://www.nar.org/find-a-local-club/section-guidebook/laws...

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  It needs enforcement of what's already on
  the books if there's a complaint.
Do the cops in your area respond to a noise complaint in less than the ~15 minutes it takes for a drone battery to run out?