Smiths Speedometer.

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Timothy Branch.
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Always wondered how they new that ? yes m'lud the vehicule was a travellin' at 120 mph at the point of himpact ...
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But then if the back wheel left the ground just before impact it could read a little higher than actual.

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But the speedo would already be 'mashed' at the front, thus producing the well know 'wound up cable' syndrome !!!

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methinks it might be more than the cable that's wound up!

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