▁ind icted ▁the ▁driver ▁involved ▁in ▁the ▁Pri us ▁incident ▁for ▁making ▁" a ▁false ▁emer gency ▁call ▁to ▁police ". ▁ ▁The ▁use ▁of ▁vehicle ▁event ▁data ▁record ers ▁and ▁video ▁surve ill ance ▁also ▁proved ▁benef icial ▁to ▁investig ators , ▁with ▁find ings ▁of ▁driver ▁error ▁in ▁a ▁March ▁ 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Pri us ▁alleg ed ▁sudden ▁acceleration ▁crash , ▁where ▁a ▁ 5 6 - year - old ▁house keeper ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁bra ked ▁but ▁was ▁recorded ▁pressing ▁the ▁wrong ▁ped al , ▁and ▁also ▁in ▁a ▁March ▁ 2 9 , ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁Cam ry ▁alleg ed ▁sudden ▁acceleration ▁crash , ▁where ▁a ▁ 7 6 - year - old ▁driver ▁claimed ▁to ▁have ▁bra ked , ▁but ▁was ▁fil med ▁not ▁doing ▁so ▁until ▁after ▁impact . ▁ ▁N HT SA ▁investig ations ▁N HT SA ▁data ▁shows ▁that ▁there ▁was ▁an ▁annual ▁average ▁of ▁ 2 6 ▁ab rupt ▁acceleration ▁reports ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 9 – 2 0 0 1 ▁Toy ota ▁Cam ry ▁and ▁Lex us ▁ES ▁models . ▁This ▁number ▁increased ▁by ▁more ▁than ▁ 4 0 0 % ▁to ▁a ▁total ▁of ▁ 1 3 2 ▁ann ually ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 2 – 2 0 0 4 ▁models , ▁which ▁were ▁designed ▁with ▁new ▁electronic ▁thro tt les . ▁Toy ota ▁respond ed ▁by ▁stating , ▁Six ▁times ▁in ▁the ▁past ▁six ▁years ▁N HT SA ▁has ▁undert aken ▁an