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Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours

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Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours

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Post by mrlonglong » Tue, Nov 17, 2020, 1:02 AM UTC

Ichthypresbyter wrote: post #67

While a Rover SD1 3500 isn't a Lamborghini, this video is still worth a watch. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qTN5X4JZFjU 27 miles in 30 minutes into and through Central London (they drive past Buckingham Palace) on a Friday afternoon to deliver a liver for transplant. As for why they used cars- at the time London had no helicopter ambulance service, and the police helicopters were grounded for investigation followi…

Holy fuck I remember this! It was all over the news at the time.

Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours

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Post by yencabulator » Thu, Nov 19, 2020, 1:23 AM UTC

snypher wrote: post #96

rasz wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

For most helicopters its around as far as it takes Lambo to accelerate for 20 seconds.

I'm not sure what you are trying to say here. Lambo average speed ~150mph. Eurocopter EC145 cruise speed ~150mph. Even the never-exceed speed of the 145 is ~170mph, which the Lambo should be more than capable of (~200mph). It surely comes down to a matter of fuel capacity and straight-line travel.

The helicopter can fly in a straight line, the car must follow roads. The helicopter has no traffic to slow down for, no turns, and a relatively low risk of accidents.

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