http://slashdot.org/articles/04/10/0...?tid=126&tid=1
Seems that poor old Hicham Dequiedt was driving on a highway when he tried to accelerate around a truck with cruse controll, when his car started to accelerate to over 120 mph on it's own. Stomping on the breaks did nothing and he finally got it to stop after traveling over 125 miles.