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Government Thugs, Mocking Furriners

Readers may remember this little bit of news from last week:

A driver who was trapped behind the wheel of an out-of-control Jaguar I-Pace has revealed to MailOnline how he almost cheated death as his car accelerated up to 100mph on the busy M62 motorway without brakes.

Nathan Owen, 31, was on his way back from his first day at a new job when his 2019 electric car started malfunctioning, sparking a huge police operation to bring his car to a stop after 35 minutes of hell.

But in a shock revelation, Mr Owen told how his car had also gone rogue on the motorway in December, this time reaching up to 120mph.

Well, if you thought that was the end of the story, you forgot that this happened in Britishland, so of course there’s a sequel:

Police have arrested a Jaguar I-Pace driver on suspicion of dangerous driving after his ‘out-of-control’ car had to be rammed off the road by officers when it ‘went rogue’ at speeds of up to 100mph.

Nathan Owen, 31, was arrested by Merseyside Police in relation to the incident on the M62 on Wednesday, March 6.

He was arrested on suspicion of dangerous driving and causing a public nuisance and taken into police custody to be questioned.

Mr Owen claimed his £80,000 electric car went gone rogue on the motorway that day, sparking a huge police operation to bring his car to a stop after 35 minutes of hell.

His arrest comes after a detailed investigation was carried out by police and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) – who said it ‘seeks to investigate all reports of issues relating to product safety’.

Yeah, surrounded by umpteen police cars, he just carried on speeding — of course it’s his fault, even though ’twas Owen himself who called the rozzers for help.

Once again, I’m reminded of the incident in Joseph Heller’s Catch-22, when MPs burst into a hotel room where Aarfy has just thrown a whore out of a window to her death — and arrest Yossarian for being AWOL.

Fucking hell.

12 comments

  2. So assuming this was not a case of Audi style “unintended acceleration” ( Stepping on the wrong pedal thinking you were on the brakes)” or intentional speeding, Just how do you stop an electric car with a “Stuck Throttle’ ?
    There is no key to remove, and even if you throw the “key” fob out the window, my hybrid Lexus will continue to run until you hit the Start/Stop button. What if that Electronic button fails as well? The shifter is also electronic and at least partially controlled by the computer….. and anyway it controls a CVT Transmission, not a standard gear box or Torque converter.

    ….. But yes, nobody is buying Nathan’s story anymore.

  3. It’s his fault. By law you’re always to be in control of your vehicle.
    Even if his autodrive failed in this manner, it’s still be his fault for engaging it.

    If he then wants to sue the manufacturer for damages, that’s his right, obviously, but under criminal (and traffic) law it’s his fault.

    And yes, I seriously doubt the car malfunction in this manner. If they’re programmed at all sensibly any failure would either shut off the autodrive system or even the entire car.

      1. you’re responsible. That leaves you at fault if you fail to execute that responsibility properly.

    1. Well his “car went gone rogue”, so what could we possibly expect? Correct grammar? Pshaw!

    2. So ….. he almost cheated death. Almost ? So therefor he failed to cheat death? Where’s the Grammer Police when we need them. Minutes away?

  6. I find it highly suspicious that he had a runaway car _twice_. That is, he survived one runaway, brought it to the Jaguar garage who found nothing to explain this, and he climbed back into the same car and drove it again. Either he’s too stupid to survive, or he’s lying.

    I guess that he bought a British-build electric car in the first place does support the stupidity explanation…

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