Amazon’s drone delivery service pilot program faces new scrutiny in College Station, Texas
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- 18 Aug 2024
Amazon is testing its drone delivery service in College Station, Texas but some residents say the drones are a little too loud.
This is the sound that has residents in College Station, Texas, talking. What do these drones sound like?
Well, it's like a chainsaw.
They sound like a sworn of bees, or a hundred swarms of bees.
That noise from an Amazon delivery drone. This community, one of the nation's first to use the company's technology. Karen Hausman just moved in last year.
Then the launch pad is just back behind our neighborhood. So then you have all of them converging, so it gets even louder.
Amazon says they take local feedback into account. They're considering alternate launch sites and a quieter drone. Take a listen. This is what the drone may to use now sounds like. Here's the quieter one awaiting FAA approval.
They're testing technology.
Mayor John Nichols says there are growing pains, but they're glad Amazon chose their city to try it out. What What do you think the solution is here?
Well, I think the solution is for them to identify a quieter drone, and we find a location in the community that will better insulate the noise that they are going to produce.
Changes that for some residents can't come soon enough.
Amazon needs to be a good neighbor, and of course, the customer is always right, and we are the customer.
The future of home delivery just taking off. Persilla Thompson, Thompson, NBC News, College Station, Texas.
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