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I use FPV or sorts - The video camera streams live video to my mobile phone using Wi-Fi for a reasonable 150m range. It make for a lot of fun and so much easier to film subjects. It's pretty useful for knowing which way it is flying too which is far from obvious at a distance!!!
With regard to safety, like green laser pointers, knives etc etc, in the wrong hands they are potentially dangerous. Intermediate level machines with full range transmitters (ie can fly several kms away from the pilot) like mine and the DJIs and are over, say, 250g come with an unspoken 'duty of care' which suggests some form of formal training prior to use would be appropriate. It is largely common sense, but as we know, it isn't that common after all.
The entry level quads are much lighter and have limited flight ranges and can cause little damage to anyone or anything - Ironically they are harder to control and much more likely to actually hit someone!
It is worth contemplating something in the entry level category, I fly a blade 180 QX too. Apart from being great fun, they are more robust and cheaper to fix when you drive them into the ground too hard. I learn a lot more about flying with the 180 than I do with the 350.
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