A motorist thought he was going to die during a terrifying ride through Melbourne's eastern suburbs after his cruise control jammed.
Chase Weir, 22, was forced to dodge cars during his 30-minute ordeal after his Ford Explorer became stuck on 80km/h.
The car's computer malfunctioned when he attempted to take the Burke Road exit from Kew to Greensborough about 12.40pm today.
Mr Weir's attempts to stop the vehicle — including braking, shifting the car out of gear and even removing the keys — proved futile as he desperately dialled triple-0 on his mobile phone, The Age reports.
Two police cars found the out-of-control 4WD and attempted to clear a path along the Eastlink roadway.
But the driver was forced to veer onto the wrong side of the road to avoid banked-up traffic near Monash University's Frankston campus.
"That's pretty much when I thought, 'I'm dead'," Mr Weir told told Nine News.
"All I could see was traffic lights ahead ... cars and trucks in every lane.
"I just didnt have anywhere to go."
At about 1.10pm he finally came to a stop on Frankston Freeway after jumping up and down on the brakes and pulling the handbrake, over 40km after his wild ride began.
"I was absolutely hysterical," Mr Weir said.
"When the police opened the car door to ask if I was OK, I've never screamed so much in my life."
Mr Weir, who is unemployed and recently moved to Victoria from Queensland, is being treated for shock.
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