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Bud--

wrote:
On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:23:29 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:16:05 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:40:07 -0400, wrote:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:59:51 -0400, 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.

http://hosted2.ap.org/CTMID/APUSnews/Article_2010-03-18-US-Runaway-Prius/id-p19140421bf1742938cfb3ed8d72b4cdc

California Highway Patrol's official position:

"Pennings reaffirmed CHP's position that no evidence has emerged to
doubt Sikes' version of events."

Did this "chippy" graduate from the same police college as the one who
killed himself and his family instead of using his brakes properly and
shutting off the Lexus???
This "chippy" is a large professional law enforcement department with
a whole division just for investigating accidents.

I'm quite sure their expertise exceeds yours by a very wide margin.

In some ways, most definitely - in others, doubtful.

The CHP has a VERY large staff that even includes a lot of car
mechanics, in addition to scientists from many disiplines. They have
labrotories and millions of dollars of equipment. They have access to
huge databases and other organizations with addtional expertise that
you can't access. They have a budget for paying for tests and outside
help when needed. My guess is that their car mechanics have a lot more
education and experience than you.

You can't hold a candle to them.

I believe the NTSB looked at the car. That would probably preclude the
CHP investigating unless they thought there might be a criminal case.
(Everyone probably looked at the front and back brake rotors/pads and E
brake.) The most interesting information probably comes from the "black
box", which is read by Toyota.

I don't remember any report of a CHP *investigation* (other than brake
condition).