Is this John McCain's excuse for fleeing a hit-and-run with an illegal immigrant?

[Ian David]

John McCain: Illegal Immigrants 'Intentionally Causing Accidents On The Freeway'
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/04/20/john-mccains-strange-clai_n_544559.html

I'm just asking questions.

Because folks are asking.

[haele]

1. I think he's basing that on an insurance scam that was going on in the 90's-

LA Gangs had bought a couple dozen old luxury beaters for $1K apiece, inflated the value of the vehicle and insured them for about, say, 10K or so, then got an immigrant - undocumented or just visiting - to drive the car on a busy freeway, look for an 18-wheeler, and slam to a stop right in front of it to get the insurance money.
People were killed, and it only worked for the first couple accidents. But like many short-lived scams, it created it's own mythology of hundreds of wild-eyed undocumented immigrants a year driving around looking for hundreds of thousands in easy insurance money by causing rush-hour accidents.
And, of course, they're always brown.

Haele

[Ian David]

2. Is he also worried about the Y2K bug? n/t