Accelerator jam car hits 135mph
`A motorist drove for 60 miles at speeds of 135mph after the accelerator on his BMW car jammed and his brakes failed.
Kevin Nicolle, 26, was on the A1 near Thirsk in North Yorkshire when the car started to accelerate.
“I was in tears most of the time on the phone to the police – I really could see myself dying,” he told the BBC. [..]
“I hit the brakes. They were braking ok, they were keeping me at about 70mph.
“So I phoned up the police after I called the AA and they said straight away ‘stick your hazard lights on and headlights on – we’ve got a helicopter en route to you’.”‘
