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@Oliver Schick
I'd say that the 10 miles is as the crow flies from Clerkenwell to Friern Barnet, and that the actual distance travelled was further, although how much is hard to say. Obviously not 'high speed' as in the worst examples of American car chases, but certainly over the relevant speed limits and undoubtedly going at speeds that very much heighten risk in Central London. Just take that bit in Clerkenwell Close as he speeds through. In Clerkenwell Close? Really?
I'm just wondering what he did about all those signalised junctions that must have been in his way. Did he really get so lucky that he could speed through all of those? That seems so vanishingly unlikely that I'm wondering why they're not showing the near-misses he must have had at junctions, Lucas Brunelle-style. In fact, the whole thing reminds me a bit of a car version of an alleycat.