story. sikes said while trying to pass another car his accelerator stuck despite putting his weight on the brake the car would not stop. engineers from the government and toyota looked at the car and there is a built in mechanism in perfect working order that should have stopped jim sikes' prius. >> the information we have is inconsistent with the account we've heard from the driver of the car. and -- >> reporter: would you drive his car after looking at it? >> i life one every day and i would drive mr. sikes car tomorrow. >> reporter: to hammer through the point they think it is safe. toyota called a press conference in a stadium parking lot to show how the override system in the prius works. >> reporter: right now i'm doing in excess of 50 miles per hour and slam on the brake and see if the override system actually