diff --git a/components/i_feed/devices/vehicle.py b/components/i_feed/devices/vehicle.py
index 0a04cd7..811041a 100644
--- a/components/i_feed/devices/vehicle.py
+++ b/components/i_feed/devices/vehicle.py
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ class Vehicle:
     _nce_possible = True
     # stores if nce already happened, it only happens (up to) once
     _nce_happened = False
+    # stores if we are still recovering from NCE
+    _recovering = False
 
     # continuous driving thread
     _t: threading.Thread
@@ -93,9 +95,11 @@ class Vehicle:
 
                 def _sleep_and_recover():
                     recover_in = TIME_TO_RECOVER / SCALING
+                    self._recovering = True
                     print('\nNCE !!! Recovering in {} (scaled) seconds.\n'.format(recover_in))
                     time.sleep(recover_in)
                     print('\nRecovered.\n')
+                    self._recovering = False
                     self.velocity = self._last_velocity
 
                 self._rt = threading.Thread(target=_sleep_and_recover)
@@ -218,7 +222,11 @@ class Vehicle:
         response: TargetVelocity = pickle.loads(response)
         velocity = response.target_velocity
         print('Received new velocity {}'.format(velocity))
-        self.velocity = velocity
+
+        if not self._recovering:
+            self.velocity = velocity
+        else:
+            print('We are still recovering ... ignoring new target velocity.')
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":