定速無法取消？福特 Explorer 車主澳洲公路狂飆半小時（報導更新）

更新1：有些朋友對翻譯的部份有些質疑，我中文的部份是根據蘋果日報的報導轉述
但似乎蘋果日報的報導在細節上有數個錯誤，所以我把英文原文的報導和直譯轉貼過來，請見本文最下方。
此外，1 mile = 1,609.344 meter，60mph 約等於時速 96km/h 毋庸置疑。

更新2：澳洲 The Australian 報紙報導：這並不是第一起福特 Explorer 定速故障案例。（原文）

今天早上看到一則新聞好誇張

澳洲一名福特 Explore 車主在高速公路啓動定速
但下交流道時卻發現定速故障無法取消
即使踩煞車、排入空擋、甚至拔鑰匙都無效

於是他在公路一路以近 96 公里的時速（60 mph）狂飆無法停止
後來連警車都出動幫忙開道，所幸半小時後靠著警員電話協助
以同時踩煞車和拉手煞車的方式在郊區終於停下


駕駛下車後嚇得不停哭泣
福特表示這是他們第一次遇到這樣的問題，將會深入了解

新聞來源在此（蘋果日報）
英國 Sky News 報導（有道路監視畫面）

不過新聞下方的觀眾評論認為這種事情很難令人相信
懷疑是車主自己不會操作，怎麼可能各種方法都無法讓車子停下

英文原文與翻譯

Terror As Cruise Control Locks At 60mph
恐怖定速鎖定時速96公里

A motorist whose car's cruise control became stuck at 60mph sending him hurtling towards oncoming motorway traffic has said he was convinced he was going to die.
一名駕駛之車輛的定速控制鎖死在時速96公里，迫使他以高速穿梭在高速公路的交通車流之間，當時他認為自己可能難逃一死。

Chase Weir, 22, realised he was unable to slow down when he tried to leave the motorway as he headed out of Melbourne.
查斯威爾，22歲，當他正打算從墨爾本出發的高速公路上離開時，他發現車輛無法降低速度。

Careering along in his Ford Explorer, he tried to slam on the brakes, but they did not stop him.
當時他正駕駛 Ford Explorer，他試著踩煞車，但車輛並沒有因此停下來。

He then tried to take the car out of gear but it would not budge - and when he tried to pull out the key it would not turn in the ignition.
接著他嘗試將車子打入空擋但也動彈不得，之後他又試著拔出鑰匙，但依舊沒有幫助。

He phoned Ford for advice but when nothing worked they asked to put him on hold.
他致電福特公司尋求建議，但在幫不上忙的情況下，福特公司只好請他在電話線上暫時稍等一下。

"I didn't really want to be on hold at that point. I hung up and rang 000," said Mr Weir.
威爾先生說「在當時的情況下，我真的不想要稍等一下。所以我掛斷並打給警察」

"The (police) operator told me 20 times to stay calm and that help was on the way.
「（警察的）通訊員說了二十次叫我保持冷靜，還說支援人員正在路上了。」

"I was hysterical. I screamed at the lady on the phone 'I'm going to die'.
「我嚇壞了。我對著電話另一端的小姐尖叫『我要死了』。」

"I have never been so scared in all my life."
「我這輩子從來沒這麼恐慌過。」

Officers told him to get into the left lane and sent cars to drive in front of him, clearing vehicles with their sirens.
警方指導他開往左側車道，並派出警車行駛於該車前方，以鳴放警鈴的方式協助開道。

The chaotic convoy then exited the freeway but the terrifying scenario got worse.
雖後失控車輛和警車離開了高速公路，但危險情況卻變得更糟。

Traffic was backed-up along the road forcing Mr Weir to drive on the other side of the road and towards oncoming traffic.
威爾先生因為遭遇塞車的車潮而被迫逆向行駛。

He was racing towards a wall of cars when a frantic police radio operator ordered him to slam on the brakes.
當一名慌亂的警方無線電人員指示他用力踩煞車時，他正衝向一排車輛。

"She told me to jump on the brake and pull the handbrake at the same time, which I did,'' a shaken Mr Weir said.
「她叫我用力踩煞車同時拉起手煞車，我照做了。」顫抖的威爾先生說。

"I just shut my eyes. I could hear the tyres skidding on the road for what seemed like forever. I thought I was dead.
「我閉上眼睛。我可以聽到輪胎在路上滑行的聲音，對我來說像是永遠般漫長，我以為我死定了。」

"When I opened my eyes, I was bonnet to bonnet with the car in front of me."
「當我睜開眼睛時，我以經被一群車輛包圍。」

Ford Australia has told Australia's Herald Sun newspaper that there is no link between the recall of 4.5 million Explorers in October and Mr Weir's incident.
澳洲福特公司向澳洲的 Herald Sun 報社指出，今年十月的 450 萬輛 Explorers 車型召回事件與本次意外並無關連。