Apologies to The Killers for paraphrasing some of the lyrics of a great song.

Ok, you are in a run-away Toyota. Do you shift into neutral – no, “I was afraid the car would flip.” Are you an idiot? Did you really apply the brakes with both feet at maximum pressure? Did you turn the engine off? No, not until the California Highway Patrol told you to while you were going up a hill at 55mph.

And the Press. Yesterday’s reports were that the CHP slowed the car by blocking it – NO! The CHP pulled their car in front of the stopped Toyota to make sure it did not take off again. The Press do have an excuse in the initial reports so I will cut them some slack.

But Mr. Sikes? No slack for you or the many other Americans caught up in what history will show for some, is mass panic just like when one kid gets sick in the cafeteria and many others get sick also.

Is there a real problem? No doubt. But hysteria seems to be the norm now.