MY VEHICLE "CHECK CHARGING SYSTEM" WARNING CAME UPON THE START UP OF THE HYBRID IN THE MORNING 12/31/2018, GOING TO WORK. THIS WAS AN ISSUE ON A HEAVY PRECIPITOUS DAY IN PAST. HOWEVER THERE WAS NOT HEAVY RAIN, I TURNED THE VEHICLE BACK OFF. IT TURNED ON WITHOUT THE WARNING WHICH 1ST APPEARED IN FRONT AREA AND IS AUDIBLE. IT STARTED AS I APPROACHED A STOP SIGN. I LIVE ABOUT 6 MINUTES AWAY FROM WORK. THE BATTERY LIFE IS VISIBLE AND IT WAS NOT CHANGED FROM MID POINT WHICH HAS ALWAYS BEEN SAME. THE TANK HAD GAS, NO ISSUE, AND I DROVE IT TO WORK. I ASSUMED WITH THE CAR TURNED OFF FOR THE 6HOUR SHIFT I HAD, THAT IT WOULD POSSIBLY BE RELIEVED. I STARTED THE CAR TO NOW DRIVE TO THE STORE FOR QUICK GROCERY ESSENTIALS. WITHIN A 15 MIN TIME FRAME FROM WORK, STORE QUICK SHOPPING THERE, AND HOME AGAIN. THE WARNING CAME BACK ON. AS I BRAKED, OR CAME TO A STOP FOR LIGHTS THE WARNING WOULD STOP. AS I PUSHED ON GAS PEDAL IT WOULD START. AS I WAS APPROACHING AN INTERSECTION WITH TRAFFIC LIGHTS, I PREPARED TO STOP BUT AS I GOT CLOSER THE CAR WOULD NOT STOP ANYMORE THAN IT HAD (WHICH WAS SIGNIFICANT) BUT NOT STOPPING, AS I NOTICED THE DISTANCE, MY FOOT ON THE BRAKE ALL THE WAY I HEARD THE VEHICLE (CLOSING SONG) WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO BE HEARD WHEN YOU TURN THE VEHICLE OFF. I LOOKED AT THE DASH IN FRONT OF ME WHICH WENT BLANK ALL ACROSS THE BOARD AND I BRACED FOR IMPACT. MY VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP BECAUSE THE COLLISION OCCURRED WITH THIS MALFUNCTION AND MY CAR HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. PHYSICALLY