Comment on NHS to use drones to fly blood samples around London to avoid traffic in new trial

tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• pennomi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  There’s no way a drone like this makes more noise than a truck. At 50 meters up, they’re virtually undetectable.

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8198898/

    Available literature suggests that drone noise is substantially more annoying than road traffic or aircraft noise at the same level. This shows that available exposure–response curves, e.g., to predict the probability of high annoyance to aircraft noise [57], are hardly transferable to drone noise.

    I mean, if it doesn’t bother you, maybe no prob.

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    • rbesfe@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      at the same level

      I have a hard time believing that the decibel level of a drone will come close to that of road noise

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  • Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    Bzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz x40000 because companies dgaf about you

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• Timecircleline@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Near me drones carrying medical equipment get the same air rights as the air ambulance service. I don’t see everyone getting that same privilege.

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• Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  you can make quieter drones, especially as the technology gets properly deployed like this and more research goes into it. Plus i’m sure they could come up with better routes that have it fly over areas where the noise affects people less, like fly it in an arc instead of having it hover a set distance from the ground.

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• GreatAlbatross@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  I think it’s time for me to get into the soundproofing and triple glazing business.

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• friend_of_satan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  This is why I really don’t want flying cars in the way ground cars operate. And sound proof buildings isn’t enough, because I like being outside.

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