59 YR. WOMAN NO DRUGS NEVER. NON SMOKER. ATTENDING TRAFFIC VERY CONCENTRATED. 17 YEARS WITHOUT AN ACCIDENT. IT IS TRUE I WAS DRIVING THIS CAR FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE WITHOUT NOTICED ANY PROBLEM. ALSO IT IS TRUE I DIDN'T TRY TO STOPPED SUDDENLY AT ANY TIME BEFORE. USUALLY I DRIVE VERY SAFE TAKING A RATIONAL DISTANCE FROM OTHER CARS. IT HAPPENED INTO A TIED TRAFFIC AT 125 NE STREET, NORTH MIAMI, SOUTH FL AT APPROX 6 PM LAST FRIDAY 3/13/09 NO MORE THAT 25 MILES PER HOUR BECAUSE TRAFFIC IS USUALLY DENSE AT THAT TIME ON THAT STREET. UNDER A GREEN LIGHT THE 1ST CAR IN ROW SUDDENLY STOPPED TO MAKE AN UNAUTHORIZED LEFT. ALL THE CARS BEHIND IN THE LINE STOPPED TO HIT THE ONE IN FRONT, ONE BY ONE. I WAS THE LAST IN THE ROW. ALTHOUGH I TRIED TO STOP MY CAR VERY HARD WITH ENOUGH DISTANCE IT DIDN'T STOPPED. I HIT THE BRAKE WITH ALL MY SOUL TO AVOID THE IMPACT BUT I IT DIDN'T WORK AS I EXPECTED. I WAS DRIVING A RENTED SUV-FORD ESCAPE HYBRID 2009. THE CAR KEPT RUNNING UNTIL HIT THE LAST CAR IN THE ROW. ACCIDENT WAS NOT MY FAULT, I DIDN'T GET THE TICKET. IT WAS A RENTED CAR. NOW THE INSURANCE WILL TRY TO COLLECT FROM ME THE $1000 DEDUCTIBLE OF MY POLICY. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SOLUTION WOULD BE. AMERICAN MANUFACTURERS HAVE BIGGER PROBLEMS, LARGER RECALLS AND ARE GENERALLY LESS RELIABLE DAY BY DAY, AND WE PEOPLE ARE PAYING FOR THEM. *TR