Well, I am assuming the throttle stuck open on the guy. He flew past me and the look on his face was terror.
Saw him in traffic behind me. His vehicle was lunging forward several times. To avoid hitting another motorist in traffic, he steered the vehicle over the curb and blazed down the grassy area along to roadway. Smashing into poles, utility boxes and so forth just pass my location.
As he passed me I looked over and watched him a few feet away from me maneuvering to stop the vehicle. Middle aged guy with a shirt and tie. Not sure if it was the impacts that stopped him or he threw the vehicle in neutral/park. Pretty intense.
Problem is that cars are actually complicated devices. I actually had a friend turn off the key in my vega while going 80 mph around a curve on a two lane highway in eastern washington when I was 19 (1973).
He forgot that it locked the steering wheel.
The car started slowly veering to the guardrail on the right.
Fortunately I had the presence of mind to not panic and just slam on the brakes. I moved the steering wheel to where there was no pressure on the locking mechanism and turned the key back on. I then brought the car back into the lane where it belonged. Speed never dropped below 70.
I’ve also had a floor mat get stuck under my gas pedal, “locking” the gas pedal down. But I just reached down and moved the floor mat.
Thing is, just as not everyone should have a motorcycle endorsement on their licenses, not everyone should have a drives license. Automobiles are not perfect. NOTHING man-made is perfect. And one reason is that it is prohibitively expensive. We either get flawed equipment or we get no equipment at all.
This needs to be considered.
The main problem is we have people without either the skill, or the aptitude to drive cars, driving cars.
However, my perspective is skewed. I drive 160 miles round trip to work every day and LOVE it. I also drift every day.
But I’m blessed with an aptitude for it. It’s why I enjoy it.