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| BMW "forced" driver to speed up to 130MPH over 60 mile span |
| 2006-03-16 |
| Edited for brevity. Even the most hysterical Keanu-phobes would agree that what happened to Kevin Nicolle is just a teensy — and we mean teensy — bit more horrifying than being forced to watch “Speed” again. Nicolle was driving along the highway in his BMW when the accelerator stuck and he went careening for 60 miles through the English countryside at speeds exceeding 130 mph with no way to stop, the BBC reports. "I was in tears most of the time on the phone to the police — I really could see myself dying," he told the BBC. Authorities advised the unwitting speed demon to turn on his hazards and lay on the horn while the cops and a helicopter struggled to catch him. But Nicolle had other plans. "There was a load of cars parked waiting to go onto the roundabout, so I went on the inside on the hard shoulder to try to get around it. But doing that sort of speed there was no chance,” Nicolle said. He crashed the car into the roundabout and — miraculously — walked from the fiery wreck unscathed. Rrrrriiiiiiight... Couldn't down-shift, or put 'er in neutral, or turn the key off. Really, officer! |
| Posted by:Dar |
| #4 Ok the engine was in gear and going full throttle. So what was wrong with his brakes? |
| Posted by: Scooter McGruder 2006-03-16 23:17 |
| #3 C2H5OH |
| Posted by: DMFD 2006-03-16 23:04 |
| #2 "so as I'm going 130, I figure, I might as well drink this here whiskey since I'm gonna die anyway...honestly" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2006-03-16 22:42 |
| #1 Yeah, like turn off the key, moron. My kids wanted to use our family snow machine when we lived up north when they were 12 or so. So I did training, showing them all the usual stuff, AND the kill button, AND the dead man lanyard switch, AND the key. So we came down to check ride. My son and I were going across a frozen lake, heading for the trees. I pulled the throttle on full, then we were heading for the trees at 60 mph. My son said, "Dad, what do we do?" I said, "Better think of something, or we will be killed." He hit the kill switch and we came to a stop. He was shaking, but he never forgot it, and he is still around at age 26. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2006-03-16 22:32 |