NHTSA Complaint #10548760 — 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS

I REAR-ENDED THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME IN A VERY LOW SPEED ACCIDENT, LISTED ON MY TICKET AS 1+ MPH BY THE POLICE OFFICER WHO WITNESSED MY ACCIDENT WHILE AT THE SCENE ATTENDING TO AN ALREADY-OCCURRED ACCIDENT. WHEN I WAS 2-3 CAR LENGTHS BEHIND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, GOING APPROX. 5-10 MPH, I SAW THEIR BRAKE LIGHTS GO ON, AND I PUSHED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND NOTHING HAPPENED. I PUMPED THE BRAKES, AND NOTHING HAPPENED. WHEN I REALIZED THAT MY CAR'S MOMENTUM WAS NOT SLOWING IN THE SLIGHTEST, AND THAT I WAS GOING TO HIT THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I TRIED TO MANEUVER INTO THE VACANT RIGHT LANE, BUT THE FAILURE OF THE CAR TO EVEN SLOW DOWN MADE ACCIDENT AVOIDANCE NOT POSSIBLE. WHEN I STRUCK THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, THE BLOW WAS PRIMARILY WITH THE LEFT FRONT CORNER OF MY CAR CONTACTING THE CENTER OF THEIR BUMPER. MY CAR WAS TOTALED; THEIR CAR NEED A NEW REAR BUMPER BUT ONLY FOR COSMETIC PURPOSES. I WILL TESTIFY UNDER OATH IN A COURT OF LAW THAT THE BRAKES IN MY 2008 TOYOTA PRIUS FAILED, AND THAT IS WHY I HAD THIS WRECK. *TR