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Re:It is physically impossible to exceed the weight limit fo... by mattlondon on Saturday April 23, 2022 @04:12AM (#31132391)
Interesting. I've seen similar "convoys" of police cars with a motorcycle platoon etc with them many times. I assumed it was some VIP. I never considered it might be a organ transplant!

I do wonder if they'd do that today - save one person's life by ploughing through central London at 70mph? There are so many cyclists and pedestrians not paying attention - it would feel safer to just helicopter it over?

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Re:It is physically impossible to exceed the weight limit fo... by Ichthypresbyter on Saturday April 23, 2022 @12:18PM (#31135621)
They would normally have used the police helicopter back then too, but it was grounded due to a recent crash.

London now has an air ambulance service, which it didn't at the time- though the air ambulance also have some impressively fast cars (Skoda Octavia vRS IIRC) for when conditions don't allow the helicopter to fly.

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