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From: JoeSpareBedroom on 16 Mar 2010 19:59 "Cameo" <cameo(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:hnp5sd$sui$1(a)news.eternal-september.org... > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:Xns9D3DC4DEA22B6tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> >> Or when you rip along at 90mph while rapidly alternating between gas >> pedal >> and brake pedal, which is what this Sikes fellow did. > > I wonder if that can be proven with enough confidence to sue the guy > criminally. It would be no point to do that in civil court as he is a > deadbeat. Well, what happened with that guy who claimed his kid floated away in a hot air balloon last year? Last headline I saw said something like "Authorities say charges pending." This Prius guy did something not very dissimilar.
From: dr_jeff on 16 Mar 2010 20:00 Cameo wrote: > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:Xns9D3DC4DEA22B6tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> >> Or when you rip along at 90mph while rapidly alternating between gas >> pedal >> and brake pedal, which is what this Sikes fellow did. > > I wonder if that can be proven with enough confidence to sue the guy > criminally. It would be no point to do that in civil court as he is a > deadbeat. First, we don't know if he did anything wrong. Innocent until proven guilty. Second, if he is guilty, there could charges of speeding, lying to police and wreckless endangerment.
From: Tegger on 16 Mar 2010 20:54 "Cameo" <cameo(a)invalid.invalid> wrote in news:hnp5sd$sui$1(a)news.eternal- september.org: > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:Xns9D3DC4DEA22B6tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> >> Or when you rip along at 90mph while rapidly alternating between gas >> pedal >> and brake pedal, which is what this Sikes fellow did. > > I wonder if that can be proven with enough confidence to sue the guy > criminally. It would be no point to do that in civil court as he is a > deadbeat. > Really want to find out? Then don't lose interest in this issue. An update will likely eventually be published in the papers, but you'll need to dig down to the bottom of page A27 to find it. The TV morons will have lost interest ages ago and won't bother to update it. -- Tegger
From: jim beam on 16 Mar 2010 23:39 On 03/16/2010 09:00 AM, C. E. White wrote: > "JoeSpareBedroom"<newstrash(a)frontiernet.net> wrote in message > news:LFKnn.40001$_v6.22173(a)newsfe08.iad... > >>> If you're using the power button, they've programmed it with a 3 >>> second >>> delay. You'd know that if (a) you owned one, and (b) you bothered >>> to >>> read the owner's manual of your shiny new $25,000 toy. Of course, >>> arrogant asses who claim they know everything about driving never >>> bother >>> even to open or keep track of their owner's manual, let alone read >>> it, >>> so they wouldn't know how their specific car operates. Even when >>> they >>> get in and see that there's no key like in their '67 Buick, they >>> never >>> bother to investigate how that power button works. >> >> >> So, when they arrive at their destination, they leave their Prius >> running? > > The power button actc differently when the vehicle is at reat. If the > car is stopped, pushing it once turns off the vehicle (you don't need > to hold it for three seconds). You only have to hold if for three > seconds if the car is moving. > > Ed > > hey, committee that is "ed", this one got away without spell check. don't interns get supervised around your office? -- nomina rutrum rutrum
From: Daniel who wants to know on 17 Mar 2010 00:33
"AZ Nomad" <aznomad.3(a)PremoveOBthisOX.COM> wrote in message news:slrnhq03dm.9n8.aznomad.3(a)ip70-176-155-130.ph.ph.cox.net... > > Do you have some insane notion that electric motors idle? The Prius has always had artificial creep (ICE running or not) for no other reason than to emulate a regular automatic transmission with a torque converter. |