Een 6 maanden oude MG bleef 24 km/uur rijden. De MG wilde niet zachter en, erger nog, wilde zelfs niet remmen.
Bellen naar het noodnummer bracht hulp: De politie escorteerde hem en liet hem tegen een busje oplopen, die vervolgens remde om de MG tot stilstand te brengen. Verhaal uit The Guardian:
Uit het artikel:
A man has said he was forced to drive his electric car into a police van to stop the vehicle when its brakes failed, according to reports.
Brian Morrison, 54, told the Scottish Sun his six-month-old MG malfunctioned and would not go slower than 15mph (24km/h) on his drive from work to his home in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow. MG said it has since contacted Morrison.
Morrison said nine warning lights suddenly flashed on his dashboard and when he was unable to slow down he called emergency services, leading to a convoy of police joining him.
After being escorted by the police for 15 minutes, officers told him to bump into the back of one of their vans to bring it to a halt before they reached a busy main road.
He said: “I was terrified – even though I wasn’t going a fast speed it’s still worrying. I used to think 15mph was slow but when you’re in a car that can’t stop it’s not slow – it felt like 60mph.”
Officers confirmed they brought the car to a controlled halt and no one was injured as a result of the incident.
Het artikel: theguardian.com/man-forced-to-drive-electric-car-into-police-van-in-scotland-after-brakes-fail
Het lijkt me een rare ervaring
Bellen naar het noodnummer bracht hulp: De politie escorteerde hem en liet hem tegen een busje oplopen, die vervolgens remde om de MG tot stilstand te brengen. Verhaal uit The Guardian:
Uit het artikel:
A man has said he was forced to drive his electric car into a police van to stop the vehicle when its brakes failed, according to reports.
Brian Morrison, 54, told the Scottish Sun his six-month-old MG malfunctioned and would not go slower than 15mph (24km/h) on his drive from work to his home in Bishopbriggs, near Glasgow. MG said it has since contacted Morrison.
Morrison said nine warning lights suddenly flashed on his dashboard and when he was unable to slow down he called emergency services, leading to a convoy of police joining him.
After being escorted by the police for 15 minutes, officers told him to bump into the back of one of their vans to bring it to a halt before they reached a busy main road.
He said: “I was terrified – even though I wasn’t going a fast speed it’s still worrying. I used to think 15mph was slow but when you’re in a car that can’t stop it’s not slow – it felt like 60mph.”
Officers confirmed they brought the car to a controlled halt and no one was injured as a result of the incident.
Het artikel: theguardian.com/man-forced-to-drive-electric-car-into-police-van-in-scotland-after-brakes-fail
Het lijkt me een rare ervaring
