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It was pushing harder than i was. >> trying to control the car. >> have you tried to put the car in neutral? >> no. >> can you try that? >> you didn't try to put it into neutral? >> no, i was afraid to try to hit it into neutral. i was holding on to the steering wheel with both hands, 94 mails an hour in a toyota prius. that's fast. >> why didn't you turn it off earlier? >> because it wasn't safe. those are very windy roads and i didn't know if i hit the button if the steering wheel would lock or if the wheels on the car would lock. >> is there any doubt in your mind that the floor mats had no...

I was going 94 miles an hour in a toyota prius, that's fast. >> why didn't you turn it off earlier? >> because it wasn't safe. those are very windy roads and i didn't know if i hit the button if the steering wheel would lock or if the wheels on the car would lock. >> is there any doubt in your mind that the floor mats had nothing to do with what happened? >> the floor mat had nothing to do with yesterday's event period. the floor mat didn't move. i won't drive that car again. i mean, i have no problem with toyota, but i won't drive the prius, there's obviously a problem that needs to be correc...

Already been recalled for everything from the floor mat, the brake problems, these are all the vehicles, fairly late model toyota vehicles with these various problems. you're saying in large part the fixes have been completely ineffective. does that mean recalling these eight million vehicles again? >> yes. toyota is eventually going to have to recall all of the vehicles again to take care of electronic problems in them. because when you look at it, they fixed the accelerator pedal, they fixed the floor mat, they fixed the brake on the 2010 prius, but what they haven't fixed is the electronic ...

Toyota has recalled more than eight million vehicles since january, including some prius models, but the company said the priuses might have breaking issues, not acceleration problems. karen stitlow, the executive director of auto safely is joining us from washington. good to see you. this driver says there is a problem that needs to be corrected. is this right? does this mean the recall perhaps need to be expanded as a result of this latest incident? >> there's several issues here. first of all, the recalls are proving to be ineffective because there's at least 60 consumers that have gone in ...

>> okay. have you tried to put the car in neutral? >> no. >> can you try that? >> reporter: you didn't try to put it into neutral. >> no. i was afraid to try and go hit it into neutral, i was holding on onto the steering wheel with both hands, 94 miles an hour in a toyota prius is fast. >> reporter: why didn't you turn the car off earlier? >> because it wasn't safe. those are very windy roads and i didn't know if i hit the button if the steering wheel would lock or if the wheels on the car would lock. >> reporter: is there any doubt in your mind that the floor mats had nothing to do with what ...