NHTSA complaint: 2010 TOYOTA PRIUS — TRACTION CONTROL SYSTEM
ACCIDENT 12/22/10 TURNED LEFT AS I PULLED INTO PARKING SPACE NEAREST TO HANDICAPPED SPOT. IT WAS VERY SUNNY AND THERE WAS A PATCH OF WHAT LOOKED LIKE ICE. AS THE CAR WENT OVER THAT SPOT IT STARTED TO ACCELERATE. I APPLIED THE BRAKE, ONLY TO FIND MYSELF HITTING THE CURB. AFTER HITTING THE CURB THE CAR LURCHED OVER THE CURB AND I CONTINUED APPLYING THE BRAKE. IN A FRACTION OF A SECOND MY CAR WAS ON THE SIDE WALK, JUST BEFORE IMPACT WITH THE WALL I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE BECAUSE THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO BE RESPONDING. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO DO. IT WAS OVER IN SECONDS. BRICKS DENTED IN THE BUILDING, SMASHED GLASS. I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND INTO THE PARKING SPOT. HEAD SPINNING AS TO HOW THIS HAPPENED. I WALKED INTO THE STORE AND APOLOGIZED. THERE WAS GLASS DUST STILL HANGING IN THE AIR. THE WOMAN INSIDE SAID 'CALL THE POLICE'. I THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD IDEA. I WAS EAGER TO DEMONSTRATED THAT I WASN'T DRUNK NOR USING ILLEGAL DRUGS. I OFFERED TO TAKE A BREATHILIZER, BUT THEY THOUGHT THAT WASN'T NECESSARY. *TR
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation