A man from Sunbury in Victoria is facing a $9,000 fine after posting footage on YouTube showing him piloting the drone down to his local Bunnings carpark while he sits in the hot tub at home.
Unfortunately for the sanga lover, the clip was picked up by the Civil Aviation Safety Authority which is now investigating the incident.
Drone regulations prevent them from being used within 30 metres of vehicles, boats, buildings or people, over ‘populous’ areas like as beaches, parks or sports grounds or higher than 120 metres.
The video has since been deleted, but you can still catch it here.
Breaking the rules
It’s not the only case of the technology being used for reasons that aren’t above-board.
This week in the US, a man has sent a drone to allegedly catch his wife cheating on him – then posted it online.
In the video, the angry husband says that his wife had “been getting called in early to work more often the past couple weeks, and then I got a call from someone telling me something was going on.”
So he uses the drone to try to catch her out – watch here to see what happens next. And a warning – it’s a little confronting.
