The lengths that the media will go to when they find a story that they love. A guy on a San Diego freeway has an out-of-control Toyota Prius with a stuck gas pedal and lives are in danger, and the world is about to end! Cue the live choppers, the news crews and call the networks. They all fell faster than their own stock prices for this ruse. Why? Because they wanted the story to be true.
This James Sikes guy was not hard to figure out from the start. When I heard he called 911 while supposedly driving 90 mph down the freeway, I knew this was a fraud. Who does that? Seriously. Your car is out of control and instead of putting it in neutral or shutting it off, you call 911? Of course, it’s taken the media a week or so to finally figure out what most of us saw from the start, but what else is new? They’ve done it before, they’ll do it again and they’ll do it with many more important stories than this one.
In the days after this story things have come out about James Sikes and his financial troubles, but the media should’ve figured out this story long before this. Instead, Sikes became a media darling. He was everywhere. The morning shows loved this guy’s story and they did it with all the drama and fervor of the Balloon Boy over Ft. Collins. Wait a minute—didn’t the media tell us after they were fooled by that story that they were going to be more careful next time? Oh well.
Listen, I’ve been in newsrooms countless times where a call comes in on a story similar to this and crews are sent in dozens of directions to cover it as it breaks, happens — and sometimes, doesn’t really happen. In the rush to be first stuff is just put on air without checking. The media excuses its actions by saying they had to get the story before anybody else, and besides—in a 24-hour news cycle, who has time to bother with all that nasty checking out the facts stuff?
James Sikes and others are wise to this news business. Average Joes out there have figured out that it’s pretty easy to trick the media nowadays. They know the stories the media loves to cover and they just do those. The media hates Toyota these days, so Sikes might have known he had a winner on his hands with the gullible media. If Sikes owned a Ford F-150 nobody would know who he is, except for those trying to collect his debts.
If the media covers extensively how they were faked by Sikes, I’ll be a bit surprised. If they do, they will try to destroy him to make themselves look better, or something like that. They will certainly not give it the same attention they gave the story on Day One, but bottom line: they should’ve spotted this fraud early, the 911 call was enough for me. Stay tuned, there will be other Balloon Boys and out of control Prius’ to come. The viewers know how to use the media, it aint hard to figure out.
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The dead giveawya for me, was the "Corvette Club" jacket the guy was wearing.
Duh………..
I don't suppose there was any thinking that maybe government union motors might benefit from all this. Naah, couldn't be could it?
When traveling at 90mph and unable to stop, the last thing you do is call 911…You kinda have your hands full trying to right the situation. He sounded way too calm for what he said was happening..
.But of course, this guy knew the media storyboard on Toyota and the result is another nail in the coffin of the media bandwagoners..
Talk about gulliable…
This is one of the few times when I wont say media bias-
this time its media stupidity.
Just like when a call in show gets scamed by Howard Stern.
This was just another ballon boy stunt,
it was exciteing, it got viewers, it played on fears,
it did everything a good story should do except be based in fact.
Someone please tell me that this guy is facing arrest for reckless endangerment and a false 911 call.
The 9-11 operator even asked the guy if he has tried putting the car in nuetral, twice. His answer, "I'm trying to control the car." I called BS on him as soon as I heard that.
James Sikes : "Help, HELP, I'm a prisoner of inertia!!!"
90 and the first thing you do is call 911??? seriously… your trying to save your arse and you call the cops….smelled rotten from the get go!!!
the 'hit' is on…
And the foreign car manufacturers- namely the Japanese- are the target. Remember, GM is now Government Motors.
And the Chicago way- 'kneecapping' your opponents- is now established policy. So,let's scare the public with 'haunted car' stories.
Toyota makes a fine product. It is significantly better- for the money- than it's union-scale overpriced, and decontented auto competition. Can't lower the cost- no, can't have that.
Then demonize the opposition. Are tariffs soon to come? A full blown trade war? Don't bet against it…
Yeah, the fact that this guy said someone had to show him how to put his Prius in neutral pretty much sealed the deal that this guy was a fraud.
MSM to vilify and redicule like Balloon Boy's Dad in 3…2…"crickets"
This reminds of the rash of syringes found in Pepsi cans. Anyone remember that one? I just never understood this perverse desire these attention seeking idiots pursue. I want to blame reality TV.
If an 18-year old kid was too stupid to know to shift to neutral, maybe. A guy this age? The media is truly comprised of idiots.
And the lady that stole a fingertip and put in in her chili and they tried to sue Wendy's.
Funny thing about all this, where I come from 90 MPH is sometimes considered normal.
I've been considering buying a Prius, so that I can go faster.
Every time I'd get pulled over for speeding, I could say "the car did it"………..
I'm not convinced. Wasn't there a State trooper who was driving his Toyota with his family in the car and called 911 right before a fatal crash? He told the operator that he was going 90 MPH and that nothing he tried was slowing the car. Not shifting into neutral, not the brakes, not even shutting the ignition off. I don't know about this case, but Toyota has claimed from the beginning that there is nothing wrong with the cars. These cars are electronically controlled by computer, not by direct mechanical interface. When you step on the gas you are not really doing anything except telling the computer to go faster, same with an automatic shifter. You don't actually shift into neutral, the computer does it electronically.
There is a ghost in the machine, a software glitch with a taste for blood.
Too much orchestrated "coincidence" folks.
The guy with the runaway Prius, and the Corvette jacket?
Just like the laid off auto worker in Ohio about six weeks ago at Obama's speech.
It is all contrived, by the marketing arm of Obama Motors………
Then again there was the 911 call that ended in Death of an out of controll Toyota. But it was the guy in the backseat that called 911.
The media fell for it and every consumer protection lawyer in the country is lobbying for plaintiffs willing to sue Toyota. Settling lawsuits and buying back cars will cost Toyotas as much, if not more, than the recall. I worked for an auto manufacturer and millions are lost every year as a result of bogus lawsuits, but it's cheaper to settle them than try them, a legal fact of life that increases the cost of every product and service we buy. When Obama wags his finger at the greedy insurance companies and medical providers, while defending the trial lawyers who sue them, it proves just how lacking he is as a leader.
The timing alone should have raised suspicion. Once Toyota's problems hit the airways people start losing control of their cars….Not a coincidence. Just human greed.
Don't forget the idiot who sured McDonalds. For hot coffee.
Chuckie's back………
*snort* Keep trying.
The CHP who died with three others didn't call 911, one of the passengers did. That story has been through so much sausage making I have no idea what the actual events were, but I do know that. And I'm pretty sure that one was determined to be after-market floor mats, which, regardless of whether Obama's acolytes want to believe it or not, is a plausible explanation of some of these reported problems.
Maybe someone should ask GM what they did when they had the 'sudden acceleration syndrome' problem a while back. Oh. We're probably not supposed to talk about that.
Fact is, this 'ghost in the machine' only seems to exist in the descriptions of those who have gotten themselves in accidents. It's not replicable. Which is exactly why Toyota shouldn't be raked over the coals as it is.
Someone has a taste for blood, alright. It's the Obama administration and the sycophantic press.
The worst that can happen by putting the car in "neutral" would be the engine exploding—-Big Deal—-
Agreed. Some think they'll go after Nissan or Honda next, but I think Ford should watch its back.
"Help, Help, I'm being repressed! Witness the violence inherent in the system!!!"
couldn't help myself…
which one?
She suffered 3rd degree burns over 6% of her body and was hospitalized for eight days. Her hospital bill was over $20,000. The coffee was between 185 and 190 degrees, a temperature which would have caused severe burns to the lips, mouth and throat of anyone who tried to consume the coffee. McDonald's admitted in court that their coffee wasn't served at a temperature that was fit for human consumption and that they had fielded more than 700 complaints about burns (some of them 3rd degree) due to the temperature of their coffee, so they were fully aware of the danger. So I'm not entirely sure how that 79 year old lady who received 3rd degree burns to 6% of her body can be decreed an idiot for thinking that it's wrong for a company to serve a drink that is too hot for human consumption.
That Honda also has break problems heard repeatedly on the airways, but nothing in regaurd to GM's Cobalt. Sad that reality has nothing to do with reality, much like politicians touting a cause while results profit for who they call greedy.
Um, no? Engines don't EXPLODE.
Dummy.
As if traveling at "90 mph" is really all that frightening. Even if the car was "accelerating on its own," (bullsh*t) any driver who's unable to shift a car into neutral, AT ANY TIME DURING THE ACCELERATION, should not be operating a motor vehicle.
Here's a script from the back of a Road & Track magazine, in reference to the prius' AWESOME potential for acceleration:
0-60: 9.4 sec
0-100: 46 seconds (est.)
Braking 80-0: 256 feet.
First off, the 0-100 time is estimated, because there wasn't enough track for the car to reach 100mph before they ran out of room. Talk about POWER baby…
Secondly, even though the prius' braking is the worst recorded for all cars in their recent tests, it still has more than enough brake to overpower that weak ass powerplant.
yep, it was incorrect floor mats. Hell, when I sold cars, we had to explain to EVERY customer to REPLACE the summer mats with the rubber winter mats instead of stacking them on top of each other. It would cause the accelerator pedal to get stuck. And, btw, i didn't sell toyotas.
I think this is ammo for Toyota to go after this driver, Gov motors and NObama for fraud!
Is that John McCain?
Those cars have devices to prevent the engine from over-revving in neutral. The engine would not have been an issue.
Holy exploding gas tanks Batman! A media scam? Shocking!
Too busy with the warm, fuzzy feelings running up their legs to get the truth behind this story. Once infected with warm, fuzzy feelings running up their legs, they become preoccupied with other thoughts.
Loved how you mentioned Ford F150. Did I miss the media outrage over Ford's millions of recalls, loss of life and homes due to the vehicles' faulty speed activation device which makes the vehicle fully enflamed within in a few seconds whether driving or motionless? Fortunately for Ford and for us not many people fit their vehicles into garages or there would be more lives/homes lost. Fortunately for us we stopped parking ours 5 months prior to it being engulfed in flames and all we lost was the vehicle and our pretty driveway.
My heart goes pitter-pat. For her, and you, and the rest of the bleeding heart moonbats, looking for a free ride in society.
About thirty years ago, when I was a young man, roughnecking and working the rigs, I was on a rig that blew up. I got 2nd and 3rd degree burns over 70% of my body. I was in a coma for two weeks, and in the hospital for months. I had to learn to walk, and talk all over again when I got out. Was I a victim? No. I was unfortunate enough to be in the wrong place, at the wrong time. Was I a hero, because I lived, and others died? No. It was the luck of the draw.
I never sued a soul.
I just have a different character than some folks.
Take your sympathy bullshit, and go bother someone else, you won't get any here.
This guy was in debt right, well, he may have bet his rich buddy that he could do 90 mph on the freeway, get pulled over by the State Patrol and not get a ticket. This guy is a fraud and should be prosecuted…..
I agree with you.
Ford is a target for Obama.
Being a Science Fiction fan, that sounds like a good way to assassinate someone. Change his computer board for one that changes it's output when the GPS gives a particular return.
Or, just load it with MS Windows.
Maybe it's just semantics, but engines do blow up. Try taking your tach past the red-line for an extended length of time.
I've been reading about this story because I have an 09 prius. The 911 recording was so strange…he doesn't respond when the operator talks/asks questions. The car has built-in bluetooth and I can't see him not being technologically adept to pair his phone since he runs businesses and websites (especially since real estate agents are always on the road and talking to clients all hours of the day). Plus, CA has had the hands-free law for about a year but he doesn't have a phone with bluetooth? The dealer paired my phone when I bought the car and then my 12 year-old also paired his phone to my car! Then Sikes says he was scared to put the car in neutral because he was scared it would go in reverse…WHAT??!! You only have to slide the gearshift 1 inch to the left for N, while Reverse is left and then Up. She also tells him to push the power button but he doesn't do it? He also could have tossed his key out the window. Why did he bother calling 911 if he didn't take any of her advice? I read he is 5 months late on his Prius payments…at what point does the bank take action on delinquencies? Then, I read on about his finances…looks like he is buries in dept, not to mention a recent bankruptcy, foreclosures and insurance claims (fraud)? Has this guy been questioned like the balloon boy family? Did anyone ask him if his phone was paired up with his car? It sounded like the phone line cut off but then the 911 operator called him back..was that the case? He's able to answer his phone in his supposed crisis? I'd like to hear what psychiatrists say about his behavior. This ***hole better not gain 1 cent for this stunt!!!
All of them……
Did GM ever admit that their early 90s ABS systems were faulty? Was there ever a recall?
Wow, a car company that puts profit over safety. I never saw that one coming.
Too bad you weren't sitting in your Ford. In your "pretty driveway" of course……..
Some of youse people are too stupid to articulate a solitary thought, let alone multiple ones.
Egines have rev-limiters by much time.
I had a mustang gt that would accelerate out of control on occasion. It was terrifying when it happened. Each time I shut off the key and sent it to the dealer. Each time I was told there was nothing wrong with the car and it was suggested that I might be pushing the gas pedal by mistake. I have built and raced everything from sport bikes to alcohol dragsters. I know the difference between the pedals. After 7 services trips and 3 dealers they finally replaced the cruise control. Problem fixed.
I knew there was a reason I liked reading your comments.
Seriously. I ride around with my bro-in-law all the time, and if he ever slowed down to 90 MPH, I didn't notice it.
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In all seriousness, I was riding around town with my dad about a week ago. We were in his Montana, which I think is a Pontiac. Anyway, we got on the interstate and suddenly my dad said, "Uh-oh" a couple of times. My mom and I ignored him, but then he looked over at us and said, "I don't know if you realized it or not, but the gas pedal got stuck." Of course, being in a Montana, no one noticed. In the end, we barely cracked 65 MPH (I didn't think anything Pontiac makes could reach that mythical speed) before the pedal got unstuck.
Anyway, it's the first time it ever did that, but my parents have put over 200k miles on it. The REASON this happened? My parents just paid off the van last month.
So I think they should sue the dealership for not charging more and putting their lives at risk. I'm no lawyer, but I'm pretty sure I played one in a high school drama club production of Twelve Angry Men, so I think they've got a case.
I flipped my 71 pinto end over end 2 1/2 times after striking a concrete culvert. No seat belt and No fiery explosion. I walked away. OK, I did have a bad limp, but I walked away. Why have I posted this? Simple. I've driven a few Priuses and I'd choose that Pinto over a Prius any day. The funny thing is, that the fuel millage was almost as good.
Did anyone ever prove there was a problem?
WOW! An anti-capitalist blaming a company for the consumer's screw-ups! I never saw that one coming!
Why? What do you imagine would happen?
Nothing would "explode", BTW. The engine might seize up (lubrication failure), belts might break, there may be some mechanical failure, maybe even something relatively dramatic. But nothing that would come anywhere near to "blowing up".
I'm betn' on the Ninja that'll soon be crawling in that A-hole's window.
BOOM! %*% BANG*&^% SPLAT@&*^(&&
YOU, asked for it, YOU got it Toyota!…………….
Love it! Can't stop laughing.
Pontiac?
Back in the day, every bro in da hood wanted a Pontiac. Bonneyville…………..
What do all the "Run away Toyota guys" have in common ….. If you guessed AGE you'd be correct.
I hit a cow once with a ranch truck out in the pasture and flipped then truck. Was it the cows fault? No.
Alcohol might have been involved.
Yeah, but back in the day cars were made with more than plastic and fiberglass glued together with aluminum foil. Then someone decided to mandate fuel efficiency standards.
I was once in a Chevette when I turned on the AC and got whiplash at the sudden deceleration. Might be the only car worse off than a Prius. Although at least in a Chevette, you stand a chance of surviving a collision with a bumble bee.
You are hilarious, witty, and spot on correct!
So James "PSYCH"s out the media? No surprise.
If I was doing 90mph in a Prius, I would think that I was making pretty good time and leave it at that.
(investigated)
I emailed toyota my idea – if you see a video out their, you'll know who they got the idea from, and thank you. Did you write your congressmen today:
Representative John Hall
US House of Representatives
March 17, 2010
Dear Mr. Hall,
Well it comes to you. One man, one vote, the nation’s future on the line. I bet when you were doing drugs and singing “Your the One” for the one thousandth time you never thought you would end up in having to make this choice. Before you do please give me one moment of your time.
In the old days, prior to government intervention in the medical establishment, the “wealthy” paid higher prices at the doctors office to support the needy. My father would tell the story like this. A patient would drive up to a doctors office in a Cadillac and the doctor would treat him, and the doctor would give him a higher bill than he would give to other patients, sometimes a much higher bill. The doctor then would use that money to treat people in the community that needed assistance. As time went on the government put it’s nose into this practice and took the place of the doctors and the hospitals who engaged in this. The government entitlement programs began to divorce a doctors capability to obtain the funds to carry out charity work, and thus while the cost was leveled out the creation of a third party to pay and to dole out charity destroyed the capacity to self regulate or to engage in ones own community in a positive and very efficient manner.
Fast forward to today. I pay a monthly premium for my medical insurance. Even if I do not use the resources for decades, other than checkups and the like, I gain nothing from behaving wisely. Why? Because as much as the insurance company wants to create products that keep prices low, so they can cover more people and make a higher profit for the company, the government is telling these companies who to sell to, how much coverage is required, even the deductibles are dictated. In this manufactured environment of unlimited capacity and fixed supply, price must rise inexorably to meet the consumption of the goods and services offered, in this case medicine.
So what is the answer Mr. Hall? First you ought to vote no on this proposed legislation that would place the government in further control of what is left of the private healthcare industry. Second, you should get back to work creating a piece of legislation that unlocks the free markets power to drive down costs, and create supply and innovation that it has to a higher degree in this country than all others combined. Finally, please contemplate the concept of privacy. I know in this day and age people seem willing to abandon their anonymity and the freedom that that begets to ones soul, but they are misguided. I cannot conceive as anything more personal to ones life then the medical care they have or will receive – I do not want my care or the care of my family to become the purview of some bureaucrat in Washington D.C. I want my families care to remain between us and our doctors and nurses.
In closing, I am firmly aware, as you should be, that you are part of an institution whose record is not good. In the hundred or so odd Congress’s what does the Country have to show for your efforts? Trillions in debt and deficits. Blind monkeys who randomly hit they “yea” or “nay” button could have done a better job. But it is now up to you. Will you vote yes and commit this nation to bankruptcy, or will you vote no and then get right back to work crafting a solution to this mess?
Respectfully,
Cowboy Logic if you buy a Prius you will kill my image of you and you'll be placed in "Brokeback Mountain" status. I picture you jumping on your horse to rustle up some dinner – not driving that piece of liberal crap.
Yes, I believe there was a recall. But we're not supposed to talk about that. Ssssssshhhhhh.
I want to know if he's connected to the UAW or other arms of the Democrats/Obama administration. Just like the 'grassroots' Coffee Party is as bogus as the day is long, these new, hysterical reports and noxious.
Joe,
You really made me laugh! Thanks.
Here:
http://z.about.com/d/politicalhumor/1/0/V/F/2/bro...
Forevermore, whenever you think of that, you'll think of this……….
A society in which every American should and almost does have a video of their every move and encounter, able to upload for all the world to see in a nano second! Only problem is… You had better make sure it doesn't make you look like the fool you really are.
"Too calm"? Air Traffic Controllers always stay calm. Part training and part nature, so there's others around who do the same.
Yep.
Prophetic, weren't ya?
That only took a couple of hours.
That is funny.
Remember the Ford Pinto, and the AMC Pacer? Don't forget Iacocca's "K" car. I think that was the prototype for Al Bundy's Dodge.
A businessman friend of mine is pretty cheap. He buys those GEO Metro's. They are I think three cylinders. I can't sit upright in it. We were out riding around the pasture once, and he got stuck. In a friggen praire dog hole. It doesn't have the guts to pull a sick hooker off a slop jar.
He and I got out, picked it up, and moved it to get it unstuck.
I think they were made in Detroit.
That was REALLY funny!
I can envision the Grim Reaper, waiting on the corner with his schythe…….
I didn't believe the guy……………he was wayyyyyyyyyyy tooooooo calmmmmmmmm!!! I have a Toyota Yaris with no problems with it!!! I plan on buying another as soon as I pay it off. I think this is a conspiracy by the Big 3 Automakers to bankrupt Toyota? Just a thought. Ford had the Pinto which they paid the claims instead of recalling it. How sad that 1 HUMAN LIFE is worth so little so we can keep our profit…..err BONUS!!!
This is from Time:
They shoot horses, don't they? Well, this is fish in a barrel. Of course the Pinto goes on the Worst list, but not because it was a particularly bad car — not particularly — but because it had a rather volatile nature. The car tended to erupt in flame in rear-end collisions. The Pinto is at the end of one of autodom's most notorious paper trails, the Ford Pinto memo , which ruthlessly calculates the cost of reinforcing the rear end ($121 million) versus the potential payout to victims ($50 million). Conclusion? Let 'em burn.
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/specials/2007/article/0,...
That's funny as hell, CL. There was a retired schoolteacher who took a metro, stripped it, changed the gearing,added a small supercharger to the 1.0L 3 cyl, and took it to bonneville salt flats. Hit 150mph on pump gas….that's insanity.
almost as crazy as crashing in a smart car
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJHpUO-S0i8
While there are reasons to be suspicious, I'm not convinced by Toyota's reasoning either. Inability to duplicate an error condition after a day or two of testing does not prove much. Especially not when the error appears to happen in a handful out of several million vehicles, and then once or twice after over a year or more of operation. The nature of the unintended acceleration problem is that it does not occur under "normal" operation. It happens very, very rarely and in conditions that have not yet been identified.
Well, boo-hoo-hoo. Coffee is hot. This constant need to blame others for their own fuckups (and fleece them for money) is one of the more debilitating symptoms of the liberal cancer that's killing America.
So she got burned? GOOD. Anyone that stupid has no reason to live.
Funny! Well, not for the poor cow.
Did you ever hit a hog? My mother-in-law did once. Those suckers can do some serious damage to a vehicle.
The UAW can assrape Ford all by itself. It's the non-union plants they need gov't help with.
P_H
Are you saying this Sykes guy is an AirTrafficController?
So, Toyota should recall every one of their cars and then what? Because they darn sure can't fix a problem that no one can find. It hasn't been a few days, either. It's been months and months. Especially since the CHP incident. So, I'm afraid I'm not convinced by your reasoning either. And if you're defending this obvious, repeat-offense fraudster then your talking points didn't inform you well enough.
Just because you suspect someone of doing something wrong doesn't mean they actually did anything wrong. Someone's got to prove something before action is taken. I know that doesn't fit into the leftist world view where a crisis is never wasted, but there you have it.
Cowboy, I know a lot of the “trolls” are going to be scratching their heads and wondering why you were driving a truck (or car) in a pasture. They’re not going to be able to help themselves.
I have a funny story on that topic. When I was 6, my daddy and I went out in the pasture to feed the cows. He had me sit behind the wheel and creep slowly forward while he stood in the back and tossed out hay. All was well until he yelled, “Ok, stop.”
Since I was determined to do a good job “driving,” I pushed my foot as far down on the brake as I could. The truck came to as much of a screeching halt, as a creeping truck could, and my daddy danged near fell out on his head into the pasture.
He was a bit upset, but really couldn’t lay blame, as I had done exactly what he had asked of me.
The problem is that this isn't occurring in an historical vacuum. Twenty years ago there was a similar feeding frenzy over "sudden acceleration" in Audis, which nearly wrecked the brand… and there was nothing to it at all. Salacious reporters + Naderites + trial lawyers + elderly folks who couldn't tell the brake from the gas.
But add to that the fact that Toyota is the major competitor to Chrysler and GM, owned and operated by the crooked UAW and the corrupt, lying Obama administration and, yeah- I'm taking these claims of a "ghost" with a whole bucket of salt.
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I can't stop laughing. Good one!
90 mph IS normal for that stretch of freeway!!! THAT is what is funny!!
Smart car…What a dumb name.
Toyota should create a video that has two Japanese engineers in white lab coats, and hard hats. They are at a junk yard. They place a Prius into a crusher, crush it, with smoke, flame etc. then after the smoke clears – they both say in Japanese "Fucking Liberals" with an english subtitle. Then they jump into their platinum edition Sequioa's and ride of into the sunset, with The Who song – "We won't be fooled again" Through the entire video – start to end.
Did CBS, ABC, NBC, CNN, MSNBC, ask James Sikes to stage this event?
Fake global warming—> fake California—> fake reason to buy Prius—> fake problem—> fake driver.
No surprise here.
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I drive a Toyota 4-Runner and just got a foto ticket for incomplete stop while making a right turn on red. Suddenly without warning it would not let me come to a complete stop. I think this problem should be invested, I had no time to dial 911.
Toldja Ford was next. LOL.