Driver trapped in car going 130 mph
06-19-06, 11:59 AM
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Originally Posted by toy4two
exactly. Power steering at 100 MPH isn't going to be any different than manual steering. 
back as a teenager it was standard procedure to kill the engine on the road, kill the lights, and steer into the driveway and not wake my parents
06-20-06, 05:58 PM
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Originally Posted by rominl
wow, damn, almost 30 mins, that's going to be scary enough going at whopping 130mph....
it's kinda weird, what's wrong if he shifts it to neutral? coz' the car is at redline the engine can't disengage?!?!
and no, shutting the car off would be BAD idea, coz' it kills the whole steering mechanism, you can't even turn your steering wheel!!!!! try to turn your steering wheel when the car is shut down, it locks up itself right the way
it's kinda weird, what's wrong if he shifts it to neutral? coz' the car is at redline the engine can't disengage?!?!
and no, shutting the car off would be BAD idea, coz' it kills the whole steering mechanism, you can't even turn your steering wheel!!!!! try to turn your steering wheel when the car is shut down, it locks up itself right the way
1) The guy was out of it and should have turned the car off. If you leave the ACC on you will still have full steering control just no power.
2) He could have thrown it into N and let the engine rev off the rev limited, if it blows so what, it can be fixed or replaced a life can't.
3) He could have downshifted the transmission to 3-2-1 when he hit the brakes this would have kept the car from going any faster than the gear limited him too.
IMHO its his fault he wasn;'t smart enough to get through this. Oh well.
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06-20-06, 08:15 PM
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Originally Posted by genearch
As a follow up...
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who drove down the A1 at speeds of up to 135 miles an hour and later said he couldn't slow down because his accelerator had jammed, has been arrested, police said Monday.
Kevin Nicolle escaped unhurt after crashing his automatic, eight-year-old BMW 318 into a roundabout at Nottingham after a 60-mile journey he said had been terrifying.
Examinations of the car by BMW and police after the incident in March found no defects.
Nottinghamshire police confirmed Monday that Nicolle had been arrested in connection with the incident.
"A 26-year-old man was arrested on May 24 in connection with a road traffic collision, which occurred at the A1 roundabout at Blyth in Nottinghamshire Sunday, March 4, a spokeswoman said.
The man had been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
LONDON (Reuters) - A man who drove down the A1 at speeds of up to 135 miles an hour and later said he couldn't slow down because his accelerator had jammed, has been arrested, police said Monday.
Kevin Nicolle escaped unhurt after crashing his automatic, eight-year-old BMW 318 into a roundabout at Nottingham after a 60-mile journey he said had been terrifying.
Examinations of the car by BMW and police after the incident in March found no defects.
Nottinghamshire police confirmed Monday that Nicolle had been arrested in connection with the incident.
"A 26-year-old man was arrested on May 24 in connection with a road traffic collision, which occurred at the A1 roundabout at Blyth in Nottinghamshire Sunday, March 4, a spokeswoman said.
The man had been released on police bail pending further inquiries.
Thanks for the follow-up, Gene. Glad the Police saw through his b.s.
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