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
#2Why not use a copter?
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#3For years I had this concept in mind of deploying a fleet of supercars across hospitals around the mid-atlantic as rapid organ shuttles, but quick research made it clear that the idea would probably only be practical in a limited spread of circumstances, more limited than would make sense to justify the service.
Still, if there's a job I'd love to do, it'd probably be this.
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#4Why not use a copter?
> It’s a pretty solid use of a supercar, although folks on Twitter have wondered why Italian officials didn’t just use a helicopter to transport the kidney. A Google Maps view of the Policlinico Universitario in Padua, the starting hospital, doesn’t seem to show a helipad or an easily accessible flat area nearby, so a Lamborghini likely made the most sense here.
It's in the article.
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#5For years I had this concept in mind of deploying a fleet of supercars across hospitals around the mid-atlantic as rapid organ shuttles, but quick research made it clear that the idea would probably only be practical in a limited spread of circumstances, more limited than would make sense to justify the service. Still, if there's a job I'd love to do, it'd probably be this.
I wonder what the stats would be on risk for regular transport. I've often heard that for many "dangerous" jobs, the actual most dangerous part is literally driving to and from the site.
I'm assuming that even without needing to worry about the speed limit, the sheer requirement of needing to deal with other (occasionally very stupid) drivers, high speeds, and environmental considerations (you don't get to pick when someone needs a transplant) would lead to a non-trivial number of crashes/lost organs/dead recipients and/or bystanders for any decently large number of trips. It certainly would be one high stakes line of work...
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#6Why not use a copter?
> It’s a pretty solid use of a supercar, although folks on Twitter have wondered why Italian officials didn’t just use a helicopter to transport the kidney. A Google Maps view of the Policlinico Universitario in Padua, the starting hospital, doesn’t seem to show a helipad or an easily accessible flat area nearby, so a Lamborghini likely made the most sense here. It's in the article.
But it's total BS, there's a giant empty lawn abut 250 feet away to the southeast, at the intersection of Via Gattamelata and Via Alvise Cornaro.
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#7Why not use a copter?
> It’s a pretty solid use of a supercar, although folks on Twitter have wondered why Italian officials didn’t just use a helicopter to transport the kidney. A Google Maps view of the Policlinico Universitario in Padua, the starting hospital, doesn’t seem to show a helipad or an easily accessible flat area nearby, so a Lamborghini likely made the most sense here. It's in the article.
It's nice that they had the Lambo available! But had it not been, there are obviously flat fields likely suitable for helicopter landing nearby (notably a soccer pitch a short walk from the hospital).
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#8How is it possible to maintain an average speed that high on public roads? Even if you had lights on, you’d come up on people so quickly they wouldn’t be able to get over fast enough. And surely they had to stop for fuel at least once unless they have some special gas tanks fitted? Seems difficult
Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#9How is it possible to maintain an average speed that high on public roads? Even if you had lights on, you’d come up on people so quickly they wouldn’t be able to get over fast enough. And surely they had to stop for fuel at least once unless they have some special gas tanks fitted? Seems difficult
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Re: Italian police use Lamborghini to transport donor kidney 300 miles in two hours
#10For years I had this concept in mind of deploying a fleet of supercars across hospitals around the mid-atlantic as rapid organ shuttles, but quick research made it clear that the idea would probably only be practical in a limited spread of circumstances, more limited than would make sense to justify the service. Still, if there's a job I'd love to do, it'd probably be this.
I wonder what the stats would be on risk for regular transport. I've often heard that for many "dangerous" jobs, the actual most dangerous part is literally driving to and from the site. I'm assuming that even without needing to worry about the speed limit, the sheer requirement of needing to deal with other (occasionally very stupid) drivers, high speeds, and environmental considerations (you don't get to pick when…
That's certainly an interesting idea to generate more organ donors.