Comments on: BANKS PROTECTED BY CAMERA http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/30/banks-protected-by-camera/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Sun, 06 Jul 2008 00:13:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: KHarn http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/30/banks-protected-by-camera/#comment-1054184 KHarn Sat, 03 May 2008 15:09:31 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4367#comment-1054184 I was temporarily a bank guard and was shown a camera hidden in a fake speaker. The tellers had set it up and they even had a boombox hidden below in a cabinet to add to the illusion. I was temporarily a bank guard and was shown a camera hidden in a fake speaker. The tellers had set it up and they even had a boombox hidden below in a cabinet to add to the illusion.

]]> By: Chris http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2008/04/30/banks-protected-by-camera/#comment-1054071 Chris Thu, 01 May 2008 13:55:12 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/?p=4367#comment-1054071 While the "automatic" movie camera was a step in the right direction, walk into any bank these days and get recored on video from as many as 4 different angles, the chock device described beneath it is not. Since seat belts didn't become standard until the 1950's the chock device would have been just like getting into a collision with similar results for those inside the vehicle. Think about this possibility: you're driving along at 40 MPH when all of a sudden you notice the bridge ahead of you is out. You have less than 10 feet before you go over the edge and you know that your brakes won't stop the car in time so you "drop the chocks." Your car instantly stops but you don't and fly out the windshield, onto the road, and down into the gully. If your lucky you might have survived. But even if you died you could be certain that your car did survive with only a broken windshield and no other damage. Sounds good to me. While the “automatic” movie camera was a step in the right direction, walk into any bank these days and get recored on video from as many as 4 different angles, the chock device described beneath it is not.

Since seat belts didn’t become standard until the 1950’s the chock device would have been just like getting into a collision with similar results for those inside the vehicle. Think about this possibility: you’re driving along at 40 MPH when all of a sudden you notice the bridge ahead of you is out. You have less than 10 feet before you go over the edge and you know that your brakes won’t stop the car in time so you “drop the chocks.” Your car instantly stops but you don’t and fly out the windshield, onto the road, and down into the gully. If your lucky you might have survived. But even if you died you could be certain that your car did survive with only a broken windshield and no other damage.
Sounds good to me.

]]>