Una familia sube en su nuevo monovolumen por la mañana temprano para evitar los atascos de tráfico de la salida de las vacaciones de verano. Tom, el padre, ajusta el control electrónico de velocidad en 130 km/h., en ese momento un nuevo enfado de su suegro lleva a Julia a pedirle que dé la vuelta. Tom se da cuenta de que él no puede controlar su vehículo. La electrónica no responde, la velocidad se ha bloqueado a 130 km/h. Todas las maniobras para frenar el coche no surten ningún efecto.
Cuando la madre de su hijo se mete en problemas con la mafia parisina, un piloto de motos amante del riesgo empieza a transportar droga para saldar la deuda.
Una banda de ladrones que huye tras atracar un banco se topa con una familia que se encuentra de acampada. Aprovechando la ocasión, los criminales esconderán el dinero robado en su coche mientras éstos descansan.
The Channel Tunnel linking Britain with France is one of the seven wonders of the modern world but what did it take to build the longest undersea tunnel ever constructed? We hear from the men and women, who built this engineering marvel. Massive tunnel boring machines gnawed their way through rock and chalk, digging not one tunnel but three; two rail tunnels and a service tunnel. This was a project that would be privately financed; not a penny of public money would be spent on the tunnel. Business would have to put up all the money and take all the risks. This was also a project that was blighted by flood, fire, tragic loss of life and financial bust ups. Today, it stands as an engineering triumph and a testament to what can be achieved when two nations, Britain and France put aside their historic differences and work together.
Nearly 200 years ago, the train revolutionized our lives. It redrew the maps of states and nations, and changed concepts of distance and time like no other invention before. What visionaries imagined the development of the railroad? How did we get from the first chugging locomotives to the smooth giants of speed we see today? How does France's extensive rail network keep running smoothly, 24/7?
