2008 Toyota Avalon cruise control problems

While traveling down main street approaching an intersection without warning my car very suddenly accelerated at a very high speed and crashed into a car in front of me. Driver's side airbag inflated, blocking my vision while my car continued to race forward. I immediately jammed on the brakes, the car swerved forward to the left, crossed main street, and came to a stop in front of a utility pole. Front axel broke, on impact which caused the car to stop.

My 2008 avalon experienced unexpected acceleration twice,,,once in 2008 and once in 2009...both times I had the cruise control on, which has a safety feature, a laser, which keeps you from getting too close to the car in front of you....my car accelerated and ignored the safety laser. It slowed down immediately when I applied the brakes. The key is, the pedal was not stuck, I did not have to do anything with the floor mats, I did not have to keep applying the brakes, they worked as designed.