[meteorite-list] Why so Many Dashboard Web Cams of Chelyabinsk Airburst

From: Paul H. <inselberg_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2013 14:38:23 -0500
Message-ID: <20130215193823.VYS78.287802.imail_at_eastrmwml208>

Why so Many Dashboard Web Cams of Bolide

If the list members wonder why there are so
such meteor footage from cameras mounted
on the dashboards of cars, It is explained in:

1. Dash-cams: Russia?s Last Hope For Civility
And Survival On The Road By Marina Galperina,
June 13, 2012, http://www.animalnewyork.com/2012/russian-dashcam/

2. Footage of Russian meteor highlights country?s
dashboard camera obsession (Why do Russians
keep dash-cams in their cars? Because accidents
and con-artists are common, and Russia's
highway cops are corrupt, according to reports.
New York Dailey News, February 15, 2013
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/world/russian-meteor-highlights-russian-dash-cam-culture-article-1.1265255

3. Russian meteor footage highlights dash cam
culture. CBC News, February 15, 2013
http://www.cbc.ca/news/yourcommunity/2013/02/russian-meteor-footage-highlights-dash-cam-culture.html

Those people going Russia might want to look at
Russian Road Rage and Car Crashes 2012 at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-l4w-DIiXk

Correction

The URL to "Asteroid impact zone found by Sunanda Creagh,
Science Alert, February 15, 2013" contains a "+" that it should not.

The URL should be

http://www.sciencealert.com.au/news/20131502-24059-2.html

Yours,

Paul H.
Received on Fri 15 Feb 2013 02:38:23 PM PST