Re: BMW Accelerator jam car hits 135mph


"Peter" <peterwn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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.
Derek

He could have put the gear lever or automatic transmission into neutral.
Don't try and tell me that the lever and clutch pedal (if any) were also
jammed.


It all sounds very implausible. He claims that the brakes didn't slow the
car down but merely burned out. I don't believe that, having myself
experimented with applying brake with accelerator. He claims he couldn't
put the car (automatic, I think) into neutral.

The only explanations that came to mind were (a) he is an incompentent DIY
car mechanic who had attempted to dismantle the controls of the car but
hadn't connected them properly again, or (b) he is a raving loony/attention
seeker.


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