Surprise while watching live police chase

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KentPhilip replied

12 May 2013, 14:22
Originally posted by NickFitz View Post

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Top marks for using the result of the previous calculation to establish reasonable estimates for the distances between the helicopter, its downlink relay, the TV station transmitter, and the house where the signal was being received

Well I've got the view as seen in the video:

https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=ing...7,,0,7.09&z=19

(turn round 180 degrees for the house)

Although this assumes zero broadcast delay. (if you go two blocks up the road you get to the petrol garage you can see on the left at 0:22)

The problem is there is a railing in the video, but a wall in the streetview. So I suspect the chase may have got further on.

I need to get youtube frame-by-frame functionality to examine the video in more detail
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BolshieBastard replied

12 May 2013, 11:45
Originally posted by DaveB View Post

Clearly a future Darwin Awards winner in the offing.
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BolshieBastard replied

12 May 2013, 11:42
Originally posted by KentPhilip View Post

Sorry I had to post this youtube vid:

Made me laugh heartily

I say! Very decent of these chaps to drive within the speed limit in urban areas when chased by the 'fuzz.' Wouldnt happen over here.
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DaveB replied

12 May 2013, 09:51
This was funnier.
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mudskipper replied

12 May 2013, 07:09
The video seemed very dull after Nick's version.
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NickFitz replied

12 May 2013, 02:26
It's a shame he didn't lose it on the corner and smash through the wall of the house into the room where the guy was watching

Bonus marks for not knocking the TV over when coming through the side of the house, so we could see the police drag him from the vehicle and beat him senseless from two angles.

Additional bonus marks for tracking the downswing of a billyclub on the ground and chopper shots and using it to calculate the latency between the action on the ground and the TV transmission.

Top marks for using the result of the previous calculation to establish reasonable estimates for the distances between the helicopter, its downlink relay, the TV station transmitter, and the house where the signal was being received
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KentPhilip started a topic Surprise while watching live police chase

11 May 2013, 23:52
Surprise while watching live police chase

Sorry I had to post this youtube vid:

Made me laugh heartily
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