sykes said while trying to pass another car, his accelerator stuck and, despite putting all of his weight on the brake, the car would not stop. engineers from toyota and the government said they've looked at the car and there is a build-in mechanism that is in perfect work order. that should have stopped jim sikes' prius. >> we're not going to judge mr. sikes. the information we have from our investigation is inconsistent with the account that we've heard from the driver of the car. and -- >> reporter: would you drive his car after looking at it. >> i drive one everyday and i've driven it for 70,000 miles and i would drive mr. sikes' car tomorrow. >> reporter: to hammer through the point that they think sikes' car is safe, toyota called a press conference in a stadium parking lot complete with cars to show how the override system in the prius works. >> right now i'm doing in excess of 50 miles an hour and slam on the brake and see if this override system actually works.