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From: Bernd Felsche on 15 Mar 2010 12:16 <http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/12/toyota-autos-hoax-media-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento_print.html> "On the very day Toyota was making a high-profile defense of its cars, one of them was speeding out of control," said CBS News--and a vast number of other media outlets worldwide. The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius, James Sikes, called 911 to say his accelerator was stuck, he was zooming faster than 90 miles per hour and absolutely couldn't slow down. ... Where to begin? Well, the patrol car didn't slow down the Prius; the bumpers never touched. The officers used a loudspeaker to tell Sikes to use the brakes and emergency brake together. He did; the car slowed to about 55 mph. Sikes turned off the engine and coasted to a halt. He stopped the car on his own. ... Read more details at the link. James Sikes is a d1ckhead. -- /"\ Bernd Felsche - Innovative Reckoning, Perth, Western Australia \ / ASCII ribbon campaign | We must plan for freedom, and not only for X against HTML mail | security ,,, only freedom can make security / \ and postings | more secure. -- Karl Popper
From: D Walford on 15 Mar 2010 18:28 Bernd Felsche wrote: > <http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/12/toyota-autos-hoax-media-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento_print.html> > > "On the very day Toyota was making a high-profile defense of > its cars, one of them was speeding out of control," said CBS > News--and a vast number of other media outlets worldwide. > The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius, James Sikes, called 911 > to say his accelerator was stuck, he was zooming faster than > 90 miles per hour and absolutely couldn't slow down. ... > > Where to begin? > > Well, the patrol car didn't slow down the Prius; the bumpers > never touched. The officers used a loudspeaker to tell Sikes > to use the brakes and emergency brake together. He did; the > car slowed to about 55 mph. Sikes turned off the engine and > coasted to a halt. He stopped the car on his own. ... > > > Read more details at the link. > > James Sikes is a d1ckhead. Even worse than that, he is a perfect example of extremely poor driver training and why we shouldn't hand out licenses to anyone just because they want one. Daryl
From: Clocky on 15 Mar 2010 18:44 D Walford wrote: > Bernd Felsche wrote: >> <http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/12/toyota-autos-hoax-media-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento_print.html> >> >> "On the very day Toyota was making a high-profile defense of >> its cars, one of them was speeding out of control," said CBS >> News--and a vast number of other media outlets worldwide. >> The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius, James Sikes, called 911 >> to say his accelerator was stuck, he was zooming faster than >> 90 miles per hour and absolutely couldn't slow down. ... >> >> Where to begin? >> >> Well, the patrol car didn't slow down the Prius; the bumpers >> never touched. The officers used a loudspeaker to tell Sikes >> to use the brakes and emergency brake together. He did; the >> car slowed to about 55 mph. Sikes turned off the engine and >> coasted to a halt. He stopped the car on his own. ... >> >> >> Read more details at the link. >> >> James Sikes is a d1ckhead. > > Even worse than that, he is a perfect example of extremely poor driver > training and why we shouldn't hand out licenses to anyone just because > they want one. > Oh, I think I mentioned that somewhere... ;-)
From: George W Frost on 15 Mar 2010 21:39 "Clocky" <notgonn(a)happen.com> wrote in message news:4b9eb851$0$8845$c3e8da3(a)news.astraweb.com... >D Walford wrote: >> Bernd Felsche wrote: >>> <http://www.forbes.com/2010/03/12/toyota-autos-hoax-media-opinions-contributors-michael-fumento_print.html> >>> >>> "On the very day Toyota was making a high-profile defense of >>> its cars, one of them was speeding out of control," said CBS >>> News--and a vast number of other media outlets worldwide. >>> The driver of a 2008 Toyota Prius, James Sikes, called 911 >>> to say his accelerator was stuck, he was zooming faster than >>> 90 miles per hour and absolutely couldn't slow down. ... >>> >>> Where to begin? >>> >>> Well, the patrol car didn't slow down the Prius; the bumpers >>> never touched. The officers used a loudspeaker to tell Sikes >>> to use the brakes and emergency brake together. He did; the >>> car slowed to about 55 mph. Sikes turned off the engine and >>> coasted to a halt. He stopped the car on his own. ... >>> >>> >>> Read more details at the link. >>> >>> James Sikes is a d1ckhead. >> >> Even worse than that, he is a perfect example of extremely poor driver >> training and why we shouldn't hand out licenses to anyone just because >> they want one. >> > > Oh, I think I mentioned that somewhere... ;-) > I think that almost everyone has mentioned that somewhere here before but, there is no problem in mentioning it again
From: Albm&ctd on 16 Mar 2010 07:24
In article <j43277x38n.ln2(a)innovative.iinet.net.au>, berfel(a)innovative.iinet.net.au says... > James Sikes is a d1ckhead. > His choice of vehicle speaks volumes. Al -- I don't take sides. It's more fun to insult everyone. http://kwakakid.cjb.net/insult.html |