Acellerator stuck at 130mph

[dinkus 10]

Orrrr the scally was ragging his BMW and got spotted by some nice men in a car with blue flashy lights - he made a dash for it and crashed when he got to a roundabout.

 

He then makes up a oh-so-highly believable story about his accelerator sticking open and him not being able to slow down... :roll:

[Claret Badger 0]

So if he was on a long stretch of road, surely just turning off the ignition and allowing himself to coast to a slow stop would be just too difficult?

 

Sorry but I call BS on this, definately...

 

 

Erm - steering lock?

[Walesy 0]

The engine doesn't need to be running to prevent the steering lock

[Kevin Bacon 5]

The throttle stuck open on my old E30 325i Auto coming off a roundabout once, but that car had a sticking kick down mechanism, was always doing it - much to my amusement :-)

 

If you know how to drive a car, then you should know how to stop one, or make sure you find out how to stop one. "Technical forsight".... what a crock. I'm sorry but 90% of drivers would think instinctively to turn the engine off. 130mph man was an idiot. He had more than enough time to figure it out.

[Gazman 0]

Surely they can tell if he's lying by checking the brakes. If he was braking as claimed then surely they are completed f**ked. Surprised they didnt melt a lock everything completely.

[Toad 0]

Tip top thread revival time, just caught this on the news!!

 

Check me out!

 

Haha, looks like the halfwit was lying!!!!

[Bojmobile 0]

Tw@t!

[Toad 0]

What was the point in perjurising (is that a real word) himself to get out of a speeding ticket? He must've realised he'd be found out.

Mind you he probably also thought that haircut would look good :wink:

[steve_16v 0]

He said he decided against turning off the engine for fear the steering would lock.

 

Muppet! Turning the ignition on would release that.