I WAS DRIVING A 2008 LEXUS ES 350 DOWN WISCONSIN AVENUE IN BETHESDA, MD AND WAS STATIONARY AT A RED TRAFFIC LIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF WISCONSIN AVENUE AND BRADLEY BLVD. WHEN THE LIGHT CHANGED TO GREEN, UPON LIGHTLY PRESSING THE ACCELERATOR TO GET MY CAR MOVING AGAIN, IT STARTED TO RAPIDLY ACCELERATE (OUT OF MY CONTROL) AND, DESPITE MY PRESSING THE BRAKES WITH FULL FORCE, THE CAR WAS MOVING VERY FAST AND STOPPED ONLY AFTER A FEW HUNDRED FEET, WHEN IT CRASHED INTO THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME. THAT VEHICLE CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE IN FRONT OF IT. A CAR HIT ME FROM BEHIND AS WELL. MY AIRBAGS WENT OFF AND MY CAR WAS DAMAGED SO MUCH THAT IT HAD TO BE TOWED AWAY. I AM CONVINCED THAT THIS ACCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A ACCELERATOR DEFECT IN THE CAR. THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ONGOING TOYOTA INVESTIGATION INTO ACCELERATOR DEFECTS IN MY CAR MODEL. I AM LUCKY THAT I SURVIVED. HAD I NOT BEEN IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, THAT FORCED MY CAR TO STOP, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH MORE SPEED I WOULD HAVE GAINED RESULTING IN LIKELY MUCH GREATER DAMAGE TO LIFE AND PROPERTY. *TR