LIKE TRYING TO REPLICATE JULIA ROBERTS:

Technicians can't replicate runaway Prius (Elliot Spagat and Ken Thomas, 3/14/10, ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Investigators with Toyota Motor Corp. and the federal government could not replicate the runaway speeding reported by a Prius owner who said his car's accelerator stuck as he drove on a California freeway, according to a memo drafted for a congressional panel.

The memo, obtained Saturday by the Associated Press, said the experts who examined and test-drove the car could not replicate the sudden, unintended acceleration James Sikes said he encountered. A backup mechanism that shuts off the engine when the brake and gas pedals are floored also worked properly during tests.

Toyota needs to at least sue him, if not push for criminal charges to be brought.

Posted by Orrin Judd at March 14, 2010 7:19 PM