Road safety questioned after 2 Chardon teens killed in TOYOTA PRIUS

Road safety questioned after 2 Chardon teens killed

News 5 Cleveland

Published on Jun 7, 2017

A second teen died following a violent wreck Monday

on Route 44 in Chardon. Derick Waller reports.

Teens in Chardon Township fatal crash identified

(with 2:29 min video segment - Derick Waller)

(Toyota Prius)

http://www.news-herald.com/general-news/20170606/teens-in-chardon-township-fatal-crash-identified

 http://fox8.com/2017/06/06/recent-chardon-high-school-graduate-killed-in-crash/

Toyota: Software to blame for Prius brake

problems

February 4, 2010 7:04 p.m. EST

http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/02/04/japan.prius.complaints/

(2010 Toyota Prius)

(excerpt):

Toyota officials described the problem as a "disconnect" in the

vehicle's complex anti-lock brake system (ABS) that causes less

than a one-second lag. With the delay, a vehicle going 60 mph will

have traveled nearly another 90 feet before the brakes begin to

take hold.

2010 TOYOTA PRIUS Problems & Complaints (as of: 6 Jun 2017)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/   (2172)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/service_

brakes/problem.aspx   (199)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/service_

brakes_air/problem.aspx   (21)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/service_brakes_

electric/problem.aspx   (502)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/service_brakes_

hydraulic/problem.aspx   (876)

http://www.arfc.org/complaints/2010/toyota/prius/vehicle_speed_

control/problem.aspx   (267)

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2010 Toyota Prius Recalls

https://www.automd.com/recall/toyota_m/prius_mm/2010_y/

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2010 Toyota Prius Technical Service Bulletins

https://www.automd.com/tsb/toyota_m/prius_mm/2010_y/