Electric car 'kidnaps' owner in terrifying ordeal: 'It won't stop'
Police pulled up to the moving car and when their first attempts to stop the car failed they had to revert to drastic action.
A driver who was "kidnapped" by his own electric car had to dodge roundabouts and run red lights after his vehicle became stuck at a fixed speed of almost 50km/h.
Brian Morrison, 53, was driving home from work in his new MG ZS electric vehicle when it suffered a "catastrophic malfunction" which caused it to get stuck at the speed and stop the brakes from working.
“I realised something was wrong when I was coming up to a roundabout, and went to slow down, but it didn’t do it,” the man from Glasgow, Scotland told local media. “Then I heard a loud grinding noise that sounded like brake pads."
"I quickly rang my partner and I said, 'I don't know what to do. I'm sitting here and it's driving on its own, but it won't stop'... I have mobility issues, so I couldn’t even jump out – I was completely trapped inside the car."
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Police intervene to prevent a major accident
After calling police for urgent assistance, the driver spotted the "blue lights" of police cars around him within minutes and the road ahead of him was cleared.
Police reportedly asked Mr Morrison to throw his electric car key through their van window before driving off in the hope to disengage the engine, however it did not have the desired effect. He was then instructed to hold down the car's power button but this also failed to stop the vehicle.
"The last thing to do was an emergency stop by actually the police asking me to crash into the back of their van," Mr Morrison said, explaining the coordinated collision was the final suggestion as he approached a more built-up area. It proved successful.
'Never seen anything like it'
The driver said despite the extreme measures to force the car to stop, the vehicle tried to keep moving — with a roadside repair mechanic later saying he had never seen anything like it.
The ordeal has left Mr Morrison questioning whether he will drive in an electric car again.
"I need a car to get around but it definitely won't be this car," he said.
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