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French police are now using drones to catch speeders.

Wonder how long before our police get replaced by a chinese made £300 miniature helicopter?
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/goes off to get a shotgun.....

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It's only a matter of time. They're cheap and easy to use.
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We won't mention to the others that we got followed a little by a police helicopter in France :)
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Did you deploy the heat seeking chaff
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Blade wrote:Did you deploy the heat seeking chaff
A few beery farts seemed just as effective, Blade. :D
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Hope the drones are quick ;)

Well actually I don't (giggle)
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They use them here also....had one over our neighborhood on The Fourth monitoring/looking for illegal fireworks.....or at least that's what I assumed it was looking for.
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I thought drones were cool......

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Kwacky wrote:It's only a matter of time. They're cheap and easy to use.
And it turns out they're fecking fast as well....
New drone claims Guinness World record with a top speed of 163 mph
(shocked)
The team noted that it actually hit a top speed of 179.6 miles per hour when flying with this prototype, but not on the 100 meter course Guinness had specified for the record setting run.
(shocked) (shocked) (shocked) 8) 8)

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That is impressive. You couldn't outrun that.
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I'm surprised at that! That's pretty cool though

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