ON A VERY FOGGY MORNING, WAS DOING ABOUT 45 M.P.H.,REALIZED I WAS COMING UP ON A STOP SIGN IN MY 2006 MURANO. I STEPPED ON THE BRAKES, LIKE USUAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I SLAMMED ON THE BRAKES, AFTER NORMAL PRESSURE DIDN'T WORK. MY CAR FAILED TO STOP AFTER I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AS HARD AND FAST AS I COULD. I SLID I THINK THE BRAKES LOCKED. I SKIDDED THROUGH A STOP SIGN, RESULTING IN BEING HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. MY CAR WAS TOTALED. THE OTHER DRIVER'S CAR WAS MOST LIKELY DESTROYED, ALSO. MAYBE, I IMAGINED IT, BUT IT FELT LIKE MY CAR SPED UP, IN ADDITION TO THE BRAKES FAILING. I HAVE WHIPLASH INJURIES AND GOT BADLY BRUISED. I AM LUCKY TO BE ALIVE. I HAVE (OR HAD) AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RECORD. TWO DAYS BEFORE THIS HAPPENED, I WAS COMING TO A STOP SIGN AND THE BRAKES FELT LIKE THEY MIGHT BE FADING. THERE WAS NO SCRUBBING NOISE, OR THE HIGH PITCHED WHINE WORN- OUT BRAKES HAVE. THE CAR HAD A LITTLE OVER 54000 MILES ON IT , AND WAS "MY BABY", SO I TOOK GOOD CARE OF IT. ANOTHER REASON IT WAS WELL-MAINTAINED. I HAVE 12 INCH RODS IN MY SPINE, AND DEPEND ON MY VEHICLE TO PROTECT ME. YES, THE AIRBAGS, ETC. WORKED, BUT I BELIEVE THE BRAKES FAILED, CAUSING THE WRECK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. *TR