NHTSA complaint: EMC AEVIT — EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
I USED THE AEVIT EMC ELECTRONIC GAS AND BRAKE IN MY ADAPTED VAN. I AM A QUADRIPLEGIC. ON A COUPLE DIFFERENT OCCASIONS, THE BRAKES SEEMED NOT AS RESPONSIVE. 2 1/2 MONTHS AFTER HAVING THE VAN, I WAS DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. I WAS GOING SPEED LIMIT, AND THEN I NOTICED THAT MY SIDE OF THE FREEWAY WAS STOPPED. I STARTED PULLING BACK ON THE HAD CONTROLS TO APPLY THE BRAKE, BUT THE VAN NEITHER STOPPED OR SLOWED DOWN. I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PULL OVER TO THE ACCESS LANE, AND I HIT THE CEMENT BARRIER AND TOTALED MY VEHICLE. HAD I CONTINUED GOING FORWARD, I WOULD HAVE KILLED ME AND MY PASSENGERS, AS WELL AS A FEW OTHER PEOPLE IN MY PATH. THE BRAKES FAILED TO WORK. THE EQUIPMENT WENT TO THE MANUFACTURER, WHO, OF COURSE, SAID THERE WAS NO FAILURE. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THE "BLACK BOX" SAYS THAT THE VAN WAS BRAKING AND SLOWING DOWN. IT DID NEITHER. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation