125Mph

[rumpus]

Some disabled guy in France had to drive at 125mph when his car (Renault Laguna) accelerator stuck on and brakes failed.

 

 

Poor guy had to drive all the way to Belgium until his petrol ranout.

 

 

 

[Huntlysheep]

Some disabled guy in France had to drive at 125mph when his car (Renault Laguna) accelerator stuck on and brakes failed.

 

 

Poor guy had to drive all the way to Belgium until his petrol ranout.

 

 

 

That's just made my day that's hilarious!

[tainboy]

Retarded fool. Why not just switch the car off???

[Redstar]

Some disabled guy in France had to drive at 125mph when his car (Renault Laguna) accelerator stuck on and brakes failed.

 

 

Poor guy had to drive all the way to Belgium until his petrol ranout.

 

 

 

Was his disability so bad he couldn't just turn the engine off

[StandFree1982]

I might try and use this excuse next time i'm caught speeding

[tainboy]

I might try and use this excuse next time i'm caught speeding

 

 

I don't think being disabled or driving a renault laguna are valid reasons for speeding.

[StandFree1982]

I don't think being disabled or driving a renault laguna are valid reasons for speeding.

[dunc_afc]

Was his disability so bad he couldn't just turn the engine off

 

Apologies if im being daft but would that work? It wouldn't cause the engine to seize or something due to going at however many thousand rpm and suddenly having no fuel in it?

[dunc_afc]

Was his disability so bad he couldn't just turn the engine off

 

*double post

[StandFree1982]

It's France, everyone drives like an idiot over there.

[Nelly]

no queues, no junctions, no roundabouts, no contra-flows??

 

would have crashed within 2 minutes if it had been in the UK.

[Coopy100]

Apologies if im being daft but would that work? It wouldn't cause the engine to seize or something due to going at however many thousand rpm and suddenly having no fuel in it?

The fuel wouldn't make a difference. You can turn an engine over and over with no fuel in it. The fact you turned the lube oil pump off would be your big problem. i certainly wouldn't want to try it.

[boboisared]

The fuel wouldn't make a difference. You can turn an engine over and over with no fuel in it. The fact you turned the lube oil pump off would be your big problem. i certainly wouldn't want to try it.

My mates steering wheel locked when he thought it would be funny to turn off the engine to see what would happen.

[daytripping]

Putting it in neutral is surely the option.

[360]

125 mph is crusin' speed for a geezer such as myself.

[Tommy]

My mates steering wheel locked when he thought it would be funny to turn off the engine to see what would happen.

Bet he pissed himself laughing.

 

 

Fuck the rangers then, fuck the rangers now, fuck the rangers forever.

[boboisared]

Bet he pissed himself laughing.

 

 

Fuck the rangers then, fuck the rangers now, fuck the rangers forever.

One of those two Tommy. One of those two.

[tainboy]

Ha. Brilliant.

[tainboy]

Apologies if im being daft but would that work? It wouldn't cause the engine to seize or something due to going at however many thousand rpm and suddenly having no fuel in it?

 

 

 

No. Oil pumps are pretty much all driven direct off the crank shaft so that if the engin is turning it is getting oil.

[tainboy]

Putting it in neutral is surely the option.

 

 

In neutralit would rev its nuts off and potentially cause catastrophic failure. A plug or Conrad thrown at 9000rpm could involve death.

[Redstar]

My mates steering wheel locked when he thought it would be funny to turn off the engine to see what would happen.

Aye that would happen if you removed the key from the ignition...just turning the key to the ACC position would just kill the engine...you would lose power steering but would be able to control the car...put it into neutral and coast to a stop.

[caledonia]

The car i use for work has in the past just lost power and you are still able to steer and get to the side of the road providing you have enough forward momentum.

[Ke1t]

Just open your door and stick your fit doon.

 

If you're wearing a sturdy pair of boots like I always do you should have no problem stopping a Renault dead in its tracks.

 

Might damage the sole of your boots, but lesser of two evils, na'at.

[Redstar]

The car i use for work has in the past just lost power and you are still able to steer and get to the side of the road providing you have enough forward momentum.

Yes...but you would lose the power steering as the hydraulic pump is powered by the engine

[seann coirthe]

This Laguna probably had the keycard ignition system, that means he would have had to push the button to stop and start the car. This has a failsafe that stops you accidently switching the engine off when the cars going above a couple of miles per hour.

 

As someone said above knock the thing into neutral and let it coast to a halt...then switch it off.

 

I've been in and around a couple of cars when the throttle has stuck open and it fair gets the heart beating. There was a guy in the states a couple of years ago that

died when his cruise control on his Ford went tits up and he ended up crashing the car. He was a cop and had time to phone 911 during all the drama and still wasn't able to switch off the thing or put it in neutral