This Guy's Car Got Stuck at 125mph—for an Hour

I'm not entirely certain how this got dropped by the atlantic, but if you click through to the Guardian, it mentions that the car was "adapted for disabled drivers".<p>Assuming they mean some form of hand controls for gas &#38; brakes, that's a pretty damn important detail they left out.

And to think, during an hour of high drama, the driver could have simply reached over, switched off the ignition key and ended the drama.

This is going to sound really obvious, but what about slowly applying the emergency brake?

Oh my, he did the right thing to call the police, though the car was not in control, he was in control.