French driver trapped for an hour in speeding 125mph car with no brakes

**a2j** · 02-27-2013, 08:05 AM

French driver trapped for an hour in speeding 125mph car with no brakes | World news | The Guardian

Couldn't he put it in neutral and turn off the ignition? Or was he enjoying the ride?

**Echo419** · 02-27-2013, 09:35 AM

Originally Posted by a2j

French driver trapped for an hour in speeding 125mph car with no brakes | World news | The Guardian

Couldn't he put it in neutral and turn off the ignition? Or was he enjoying the ride?

no. he's French. he was in to much shock that he was not going in reverse.

**green-lantern** · 02-27-2013, 10:31 AM

Puzzled motorists gave way as the high-speed convoy approached. Three toll stations were warned to raise their barriers as Lecerf ploughed through. After about an hour, his petrol tank spluttered empty and he managed to swerve into a ditch in Alveringem in Belgium, about 125 miles from his home, in Pont-de-Metz, near the northern French city of Amiens.

"My life flashed before me," he told Le Courrier picard. "I just wanted it to stop." He was unhurt but had two epileptic seizures.

How did he not wreck lol? Having not one but two seizures at 125? I want to see the video of him doing 125 through a toll booth

**anyonebutme** · 02-27-2013, 10:36 AM

I think an American lawyer has moved to France recently?

Nothing in this story makes sense......A Renault technician couldn't find neutral? Guessing this was one of the ones with the card and pushbutton start. Pretty sure all push to start cars require you to hold the button to kill the engine while in gear for a set time, he was probably frantically pushing the button and didn't RTFM.