A total of five cars carrying lawyers and staff from my law office, plus extremely very close personal friends, left Achimota Shell at exactly 11 pm on Friday 22nd March 2019 for Berekum at
convoy speed. All of us made a compulsory check point stopover at Nkawkaw circa 1 a.m.
It normally took a few hours to complete the trip because of the mandated
convoy speed limit of 20 miles per hour.
The
convoy speed is a modest 15 miles per hour (22 feet per second).
I feel a large part of this was due to the fact we were so heavily armed, maintained a high level of alertness and always maintained a
convoy speed of 55+ mph.
Hattab looked up and saw a five-car
convoy speed out of a side street in front of him.
The objective of the HHEE concept is to have a machine capable of traveling at military
convoy speed without the need for transportation by a truck and low-loader trailer.
"It was really amazing watching a large bucket truck traveling at
convoy speed (about 70-to-80 kilometers per hour) and pulling the required maneuvers as it went under the overpasses in the Red Zone of Baghdad," said Mikeworth.
Some of the behaviors that indicated threatening driving were excessive speed, adjusting speed to match the
convoy speed, and attempting to bypass blocking vehicles.
For a moment, Jake feels good, and then the
convoy speeds up, and the village with the gun-praying Iraqis slides out of sight.
"Now, you have a machine that can actually integrate into patrols [and] maintain
convoy speeds, and it doesn't require additional lift assets," he added.
The sailors gun their trucks and the
convoy speeds out of sight.