On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:45:51 -0700 (PDT), wrote:

On Mar 18, 7:59*am, wrote:
On Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:53:37 -0400, "Ed Pawlowski"

wrote:

"Harry K" wrote
Try again. If they prove that, then the charge will be fraud and he
would have a felony conviction on his record. *Not worth 50,000 to me.

Harry K

How much then??? *I'm holding out for $250k if no jail time. *$1 million if
jail time.

So far, Sike's and the CHP officer's account have not been disproved -
just attacked by those with an incredibly strong motive to want to
cover this up.


Aye Karumba. Anybody who's followed these various discussions here
over the last few weeks, knows I've been open to the possibility that
in some of these incidents, something could be going on that prevents
people from simply stopping the car if it starts to accelerate. But
to say this guy is being unfairly attacked is just not true. This
case is the most highly suspicious one and stinks to high heaven.

Far from being attacked, Forbes is right that most of the media just
swallowed it hook line and sinker. They didn't use words like
alleged, when describing the incident. Fox News, to their credit is
the one news organization that did dig into his background and find
out that he filed for bankruptcy for $700K last year, is months behind
on his Prius payments, has had a couple reports of stolen property and
insurance claims for substantial amounts in the last few years,

This is just the kind of guy who would make a false report for money,
who would risk embarrassment and even criminal charges if any apply
for money. QED Quod Eratica Demolitiones.

etc. He also had taken the Prius to the dealer for a recall and
they told him, apparently incorrectly, that there was none for his
car, providing him with the perfect settup to try to make a case.

You have, according to Forbes, the 911 operator telling him many times
during the call to put it in neutral or turn off the engine. He
refused to do so. And also according to Forbes, it's impossible to
be able to reach the accelerator peddle while driving and pull it up
as he claimed he tried to do.

I have doubts about that. I need to try it on my car, which of course
is not a Prius. But couldn't he at least reach the rear end of the
mat and pull the whole mat back. Although I guess he didn't say that.

Why don't the local cops start acting
like cops and ask him to get back in the car and show us how he did
it?

When there is no victim, I think acting like cops means taking a
report.

NTSB and Toyota have analyzed the cars brakes and found no
burning consistent with applying the brakes extensively for a long
time. Then the guy hires a lawyer.

This guy is just like the Balloon Boy parents. Perhaps the stupist
one here is the chief of police and or patrol officer that says they
believe Sikes. That is what the sheriff said in the Balloon Boy case
too, until he finally woke up.

Balloon boy could have happened, couldn't it. The sheriff didn't see
the balloon until after it landed.

As for claims that this could be a Toyota grand conspiracy to
discredit others, that's beyond ludicrous too.

Exactly. Beyond ludicrous all the way around to reasonable.

Yeah, there's a
chance of that.

Good enough.

About .0001%, compared to the 99% probability that
Sikes is a fraud.