A plan not well thought out - James Sikes

The guy who drove his Prius at 91MPH down the San Diego freeway should have realized that they were going to go over the car with a fine-toothed comb. From Reuters:

Investigation questions Prius driver's story: report
A federal investigation of the Toyota Prius involved in a dramatic incident on a California highway last week found a pattern of wear on the car's brakes that raises questions about the driver's account of the event, the Wall Street Journal said in its online edition on Sunday.

The driver, James Sikes, called 911 and told the operator his Prius had sped up to more than 90 miles per hour on its own, on Interstate 8 near San Diego. During and after the incident, 61-year-old Sikes told authorities he had used heavy pressure on his brake pedal at high speeds, the WSJ site said.

"But the investigation of the vehicle, carried out jointly by safety officials ... didn't find signs the brake had been applied at full force at high speeds over a sustained period of time," the Journal said, citing three people familiar with the investigation.

Of course, the fact that Sikes and his wife had declared bankruptcy in 2008 and was, today, over $700,000 in debt had nothing to do with this incident. Involved in the pron bidness too...