BMW Accelerator jam car hits 135mph

Accelerator jam car hits 135mph
A motorist drives for 60 miles at speeds of 135mph after the accelerator on
his BMW car jams.
Full story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/england/4796264.stm

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If the driver had turned the engine off, surly that would have
slowed down the car.
Derek

Allegedly, he thought doing so would disable the vehicle's power
steering.

Funny how he broke down in tears though, beer belly, bleached blond
hair, ear-ring, BMW driver, I bet he used to be a proper Jack-The-Lad
at his local pub.

These young boys certainly are in touch with their feminine side these
days.

In article .com>,
Clark Spyendchipz > writes
>Allegedly, he thought doing so would disable the vehicle's power
>steering.
>
>Funny how he broke down in tears though, beer belly, bleached blond
>hair, ear-ring, BMW driver, I bet he used to be a proper Jack-The-Lad at
>his local pub.
>
>These young boys certainly are in touch with their feminine side these
>days.

I had an auto gearbox Cavalier once where the auto choke jammed on
resulting in very high revs, not 135 mph I admit but, pulled to side of
road, engaged neutral, switched off engine, called garage, problem
solved.

Mike

--
Michael Swift We do not regard Englishmen as foreigners.
Kirkheaton We look on them only as rather mad Norwegians.
Yorkshire Halvard Lange

OK, no Brits should get mad at this because it's just a reaction to seeing
this guy's picture and that's all. There was a (serious) news story some
decades back about how Soviet scientists had conducted a careful study and
found that Russians were the most beautiful people of all the worlds nations
and the English were, eh, shall we say, at the other end of the spectrum.

(And no, I am neither.)


"Clark Spyendchipz" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> Allegedly, he thought doing so would disable the vehicle's power
> steering.
>
> Funny how he broke down in tears though, beer belly, bleached blond
> hair, ear-ring, BMW driver, I bet he used to be a proper Jack-The-Lad
> at his local pub.
>
> These young boys certainly are in touch with their feminine side these
> days.
>

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 21:41:18 -0500, "GRL" >
wrote:

>OK, no Brits should get mad at this because it's just a reaction to seeing
>this guy's picture and that's all. There was a (serious) news story some
>decades back about how Soviet scientists had conducted a careful study and
>found that Russians were the most beautiful people of all the worlds nations

[...]

Brezhnev.

DG

Why should the Brits get mad? The English might, but the rest of us Brits
are ok! ;0)

"GRL" > wrote in message
...
> OK, no Brits should get mad at this because it's just a reaction to seeing
> this guy's picture and that's all. There was a (serious) news story some
> decades back about how Soviet scientists had conducted a careful study and
> found that Russians were the most beautiful people of all the worlds
> nations and the English were, eh, shall we say, at the other end of the
> spectrum.
>
> (And no, I am neither.)
>

"Clark Spyendchipz" > wrote in
oups.com:

> Allegedly, he thought doing so would disable the vehicle's power
> steering.

That's a chance I would have willingly taken - find a nice straightish
section of hard shoulder (of which there are several on that stretch of
road) and go for it. Well worth the risk in my opinion...

And what of the brake pedal?

Having said all that though, the fact that he hit Blyth roundabout
rather than mysteriously regaining control just before it suggests that
this was a genuine problem...

Have they announced what model of BMW it was? My mother drives a 316TI,
with all the "Fly by wire" circuitry. As a computer programmer myself, I
don't like the idea of my foot not being physically connected to the
throttle!

>If the driver had turned the engine off, >surly that would have
>slowed down the car
>Derek

Yes .... but it was a BMW owner !

Turk 182

On Sat, 11 Mar 2006 17:18:48 +0000 (UTC), "Derek Hornby"
> wrote:

> Accelerator jam car hits 135mph
>A motorist drives for 60 miles at speeds of 135mph after the accelerator on
>his BMW car jams.
>Full story:
>http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/1/hi/england/4796264.stm
>
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>
>If the driver had turned the engine off, surly that would have
>slowed down the car.

I expect there's a lock to stop you doing that. Might get some
backfiring or summat - safety regs y'know.

Derek Potter wrote:
>>If the driver had turned the engine off, surly that would have
>>slowed down the car.
>
>
> I expect there's a lock to stop you doing that. Might get some
> backfiring or summat - safety regs y'know.

Either turn off the engine (not a good idea to turn it so far that you
lock the steering) or clutch in and select N. Engine will go to the red
line and make a lot of noise. Better than crashing though.