By Nick Aziz
Monday, Mar 13th, 2006 @ 8:26 am

British driver Kevin Nicolle, 26, was lucky to survive after traveling for 60 miles at speeds of 135mph after the accelerator on his BMW 318i jammed and his brakes failed. “I took my foot off the accelerator because it’s automatic – but I wasn’t slowing down at all,” he said. “I hit the brakes. They were braking ok, they were keeping me at about 70mph.” He then phoned police and explained the situation, but patrol cars struggled to locate and catch up to the car. “Then the brakes started burning out – I could see smoke coming from the brakes,” Mr. Nicolle said. He tried to put the car into neutral but the gears were locked. “I remember the 999 lady saying ‘he’s crashed’,” recalls Nicolle. Miraculously, he walked away completely unhurt. He now says he’s giving up driving for good. BMW U.K. is investigating the incident.

  

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