A man says he was ''kidnapped'' by his own runaway electric car - forcing him to dodge red lights and roundabouts and call police to ram it off the road. Brian Morrison, 53, says his new posh motor started driving itself - and he had to dial 999 from inside.
A roadside repair mechanic later said they had 'never seen' anything like the incident. Brian said that he was 'lucky' that the incident had taken place late at night at just after 10pm. "It might not sound like it is very fast, but when you have no control over the speed and you're completely stuck inside it's terrifying."
"It was the first time that the call handlers had experienced the issue, and they had no idea what to do. 'So eventually three police vehicles arrived and were driving in front of me and behind me. He then was asked to hold the power button for over two seconds, which also failed to stop the car. Police then decided to get Brian to crash into the back of their van before he got into a more built-up area.
"After I got out though, they tried moving their van and the car kept going - so they had to sit with the van there for ages until the RAC got there. I still have no idea what happened, but when the RAC got to me about three hours later he plugged in the car to do a diagnostic check and there were pages of faults.