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>> doing over 90. >> you are over 90? >> yes. >> nbc's miguel almaguer joins me from burbank, california. unbelievable. to think about the things that must go through your head 37 do you pull the emergency brake? do you switch off the ignition? put the car in neutral? how big of a problem is toyota dealing with now? >> really the ripple effect where people who own hybrids and other toyotas concerned that their cars may be affected and they are asking so many questions to toyota and dealerships. you will recall james sipes the man driving the toyota, told nbc news a few weeks before that car ac...

Miles and 20 minutes. mr. sipes says he was going about 55 miles per hour on interstate 8 just outside of san diego when he tried to pass another driver, then he says his car simply became just -- ran away. he lost control of it. it passed several other cars in a few minutes, chp, california highway patrol, cruiser was able to pull alongside and shouted over a loudspeaker, p.a. system, to give him instructions to step on the brake and to pull the emergency brake, try to put the car in neutral. short time later that car did slow down. and of course, there has been fallout ever since. >> we will...

Accelerate again. we were up to 90 miles per hour. >> together they were able to bring this to a safe resolution. but now prius owners across the country are asking whether their vehicles are safe and, again, recall is going to expand object previous recalls from 2004 to 2009. again, toyota has not released the details because they don't have a remedy yet for this. as we said federal investigators headed to the san diego area to take a look at this car as are officials from toyota. >> just to be clear the police officer actually had to put his car in front and slow down essentially use the bac...

From sticking down the accelerator pedal. federal investigators are headed to the scene to take a look at the vehicle and try to determine exactly what happened. as you indicated, 35 miles along the winding stretch of interstate 8 yesterday. this driver, james sipes, tried to control his car. he called 911. and had the help of a california highway patrol officer. here is what the officer and the driver had to say about what happened next. >> when i was getting up to the car, when i saw him, i could smell the brakes. i saw his brake lights coming on. my next video was okay, get upside, use my p...