After Sheriff Cade is bluntly advised to leave town by Junior Quarle the crowd of miners begins to close in around him. Suddenly Cades Jeep lunges forward through the crowd and speeds away. Prior to that Sheriff Cade had not so much as even started the jeep. His hands were on the steering wheel at the ten and two position from the time he got in the drivers seat. His hand never touched the ignition key or the gear shift. The jeep is suddenly running it is in first gear and speeding away.