Driver Trapped In Speeding Car At 125 Mph 1176
Hugh Pickens writes writes "The Guardian reports that Frank Lecerf was driving his Renault Laguna in Northern France when the car's speed jammed at 60mph. Then each time he tried to brake, the car accelerated, eventually reaching 125mph and sticking there. While uncontrollably speeding through the fast lane as other cars swerved out of his way, he managed to call emergency services who immediately dispatched a platoon of police cars. Realizing Lecerf had no choice but to keep racing along until his fuel ran out, they escorted him at high speed across almost 125 miles of French motorway, past Calais and Dunkirk, and over the Belgian border. After about an hour, Lecerf's tank spluttered empty and he managed to swerve into a ditch in Alveringem in Belgium, about 125 miles from his home. 'My life flashed before me,' says Lecerf. 'I just wanted it to stop.' His lawyer says Lecerf will file a legal complaint over 'endangerment of a person's life.'"
Re:It's called the key (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
The man had to visit BELGIUM.
And yet, you claim that no one was hurt!
Really scary (Score:5, Funny)
125 miles of French motorway, past Calais and Dunkirk, and over the Belgian border.
'My life flashed before me,' says Lecerf. 'I just wanted it to stop.'
My, if a car were taking me at high speed to Belgium, I'd be scared to death, too.
Re:It's called the key (Score:5, Funny)
"A Renault technician had been on the phone with police throughout the chase trying to help but couldn't come up with a solution."
Tell him to drive it to Belgium and wreck it there.
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
The man should sell his story to Hoolywood. They might had some explosion there and then, but whatever...
Re:Missing Details... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if you've seen drivers in Paris, Epilepsy would seem to be something of the norm.
Low Battery (Score:5, Funny)
If he was only driving a Tesla Model S he would have ran out of fuel in no time.
Damn you fossil fuel vehicles!
Re:Awesome (Score:3, Funny)
It's how they fritter away their time...
Re:It's called the key (Score:5, Funny)
Handbrake as well would have worked surely?
Only if he was ripping DVDs while he was driving.
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
You can't say that here!!! This isn't a Serious Screenplay!
Re:It's called the key (Score:5, Funny)
Christ, it's spelled "BRAKE".
He already knows that, seeing that he's omniscient and all. Still, I hear he's a swell guy, so he probably won't say anything...
Re:Missing Details... (Score:5, Funny)
Well, if you've seen drivers in Paris, Epilepsy would seem to be something of an improvement.
FTFY.
Re:It's called the key (Score:4, Funny)
Uh, guys... we can probably stop trying to troubleshoot with all the obvious stuff like turning the car off, shifting to neutral, parking brake, etc.
From the article:
A Renault technician had been on the phone with police throughout the chase trying to help but couldn't come up with a solution.
Did they think to ask the car to surrender? /oblig
Re:It's called the key (Score:5, Funny)
Not all cars have a kill switch you can just shut things down.
Only if it is a legitimate acceleration. Then, the car has ways to try to shut that whole thing down.
Re:Awesome (Score:4, Funny)
Forget Hollywood, Bollywood is where its at!
Gun fire, explosions, and the totally implausible "I can't believe no one died and the car is still going" car flips all while the dialogue from the last hour is retold through a deeply moving song and dance number. Its a plucky love story about the rookie cop, who thinks she's plain and boring despite being portrayed by one of the hottest actresses in India, falling in love with the nerdy nice guy who's down on his looks, despite being played by one of the hottest actors in India, who just can't get his car to stop.
The only thing standing between them and their love, outside of the racing car, are the bumbling bank robbers who think the procession of speeding vehicles quickly gaining on them are actually trying to arrest them. For laughs they'll have the cars speed through a bus terminal and across the decks of cruise ships while continuously cutting to reaction shots of a guy who looks a lot like Dennis Hopper.
already been done (Score:2, Funny)
Look for a made for TV movie called......"Runaway Car"...
Judd Nelson's performance as an annoyingly whiny passenger in is enough for you to root for the car to finally slam into an embankment.
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
To get more actors into movie, they could set story on a bus... that just cannot go below 55mph... or something.
Re:Awesome (Score:5, Funny)
*puts on sunglasses*
Because they deserve a fair shake.