NHTSA Complaint #10311927 — 2005 TOYOTA CAMRY

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING AT A SPEED OF NO MORE THAN 15 MPH OFF OF OUR HOUSING ESTATE ON AND HEADING TOWARDS A MAIN ROAD. THE ROAD WAS ICY AND MY WIFE IS A CAUTIOUS DRIVER WHO WOULD NOT BE DRIVING AT EXCESSIVE SPEED. AS SHE APPROACHED THE JUNCTION SHE APPLIED THE BRAKES TO STOP THE CAR AT THE JUNCTION THE CAR DID NOT SEEM TO SLOW. SHE MADE A SPLIT SECOND DECISION TO TURN RIGHT ON TO A CUL-DE-SAC RATHER THAN GO ACROSS THE MAIN ROAD. SHE ENDED UP DRIVING ACROSS THE CUL-DE-SAC BEFORE HITTING A LAMP POST AND THEN DRIVING INTO A NEIGHBORS GARAGE DOOR WHERE THE CAR FINALLY STOPPED. MY WIFE WAS NOT INJURED ALTHOUGH THE CAR WAS HEAVILY DAMAGED, THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THERE WERE VISIBLE SKID MARKS ON THE CUL-DE-SAC WHERE YOU COULD SEE THAT SHE HAD APPLIED THE BRAKES. THE POLICE REPORT CONCLUDED THAT MY WIFE WAS DRIVING WITH EXCESSIVE SPEED, MY WIFE IS A VERY CAUTIOUS DRIVER WHO HAS NEVER HAD AN ACCIDENT IN 20 YEARS. WHEN INTERVIEWED BY THE POLICE SHE WAS NOT SURE EXACTLY HOW THIS COULD HAVE HAPPENED IT HAPPENED SO ALL SHE COULD DO WAS AGREE WITH THE POLICE REPORT. GIVEN THE MEDIA ATTENTION WITH NEWER TOYOTA MODELS RECENTLY WE THOUGH WE SHOULD REPORT THIS. *TR