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Old 8th Jan 2013, 02:23
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Relative Speeds A/C & dashcam car

Seems to me, the aircraft was moving significantly faster that the car with the dashcam.
Car on a steady heading, aircraft also on a steady heading, aircraft moving from the side towards the nose of the car, and would have actually arrived at the theoretical point of intersection first as indicated by the snow being thrown up in front of the car.

I don't know how fast the car was going. Looked to be around 60 mph or 50 knots but someone on this forum must have some idea of what the typical open road speed is for that stretch of highway.

Same principles apply as relative motion between aircraft inflight.
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