I was using the latest WPILib. Yes, it does run away when you off the controller with controls moving the bot forward. The last received values are still stored. Hence there is no failsafe. WPI probably had an old master code.
Then again, the master code is not opensource so thats kind of irritating.
P.S Anyone has an idea how to have timer3 fire an interrupt at a certain frequency (1-10Khz) using WPILib please do let me know via pm
