SoylentNews is people
SoylentNews
YLE English reports on a camera trap which photographed a speeding model car on a highway.
Police in the southeastern city of Hamina [in Finland] are searching for the owner of a remote-controlled model car which was caught travelling at 70km/h in a 60km/h zone.
The approximately 50-centimetre-long [~20-inch] mini-car was captured by a new high-resolution camera on Highway 26 near the village of Töytäri.
Chief inspector Dennis Pasterstein of the Police Traffic Safety Centre told Yle that the car in question should not be considered a toy.
"This is a model car for a more serious enthusiast with a much more powerful engine. Ordinary toys do not travel at such a speed," Pasterstein said, adding that this is a unique case for the safety centre.
It was clocked at 70.3 km/h (43.6 mph) in a 60 km/h (37.3 mph) zone. What was your top speed with a remote-controlled vehicle?
(Score: 4, Interesting) by Spamalope on Friday October 23 2020, @08:26AM (2 children)
I had trouble keeping my 10th scale electric on the ground over 40mph.
It had trouble getting started as it'd spin the tires if you didn't start gently, then if any air got under or you turned quickly it'd be sailing.
And you're moving at scale 400mph... I had to use a jeweled bearing prop balancer and pins as tire weights to balance all the tires.
The pavement had to be very smooth or the car would be launched. And that's with oil filled shocks/full suspension.
This sounds like an 1/8th scale car. It must have more conventional rubber tires, probably super glued to the rims. Not sure how you'd balance them well enough but I never raced that kind of car.
(Score: 2) by driverless on Saturday October 24 2020, @06:50AM (1 child)
It could also have been a UK speed camera. Those have in the past clocked brick walls moving at 140kmh, traffic signs doing 70, and so on.
In any case to evade speed cameras you just do what my 80-year-old aunt did and make sure the car was in mid-air with the plates out of the frame when the photo is taken. In case you're wondering, they caught her on the return trip, when it wasn't in mid-air.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 24 2020, @12:10PM
FYI there's two types of speed cams in the UK:
- multi-point measured average using TV cams on motorways
- photo cams snapping you from behind