8th Generation Honda Civic Forum - View Single Post - civic vs escalelade, just a story of what I saw

bulletSisedan · 08-10-2007, 09:13 PM

Ok on a way to a friends house last night, the most unexpected thing happend.

We were following my friend down the street, not to close. We go through a couple lights and as im headed toward the 3rd intersection the light turns yellow, splitting my friend and our car up from each other. As we sit and wait for the light, a civic was heading south and the caddy was waiting to make a left turn(west). As the civic approached the intersection the light turns yellow. The caddy pulls more into the intersection, and all of the sudden it goes. Right before the civic hits, the light turns red,BOOM

. The civic hits the rear passanger door of the caddy and the rear end lifts up off the ground and the car pivots about 85 degrees to the left and comes to a rest just about facing west.

The caddy rolls and parks in the curb lane on the west bound side of the road. I wait a few seconds to see if anyone else is gonna jump out and help. There had to have been 50 cars around and atleast 10 saw the actual crash, but no one got out. I put my cape on and jumped out of the car and ran to help. I opened the door of the driver side and I was overwhelmed with the airbag powder. I asked the driver if she was ok then asked the passanger. I then told the passanger to open her door to let the powder out so they could breath a bit better. Then finaly someone else comes to see if they are ok. I ask the other person to walk the two ladies to the side of the street. As they start walking away I hear a belt squeling I walk over to the car and the enigine is still running WOW.

Im glad I own a civic and after seeing that I feel very safe in my car. The only injuries was that of the passangers finger, the nail had lifted up about half way and it was bleeding. Other than that nothing besides the seat belt and air bag bruises. The way these two cars hit and the way the civic looked after the impact you would think that someone would have some broken bones atleast.

The escalade just had a dent and the door and some scratches. The Passangers were a bit shaken but nothing serious at all. Im glad that I didnt have to see anything crazy, but I am happy that this experience happend while I was there cause who knows who would have helped if I wasnt there. Thats Sad.

08-10-2007, 09:13 PM	#1 (permalink)
bulletSisedan Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: phoenix Age: 23 Posts: 553 Jamil iTrader: 0 / 0%	civic vs escalelade, just a story of what I saw Ok on a way to a friends house last night, the most unexpected thing happend. We were following my friend down the street, not to close. We go through a couple lights and as im headed toward the 3rd intersection the light turns yellow, splitting my friend and our car up from each other. As we sit and wait for the light, a civic was heading south and the caddy was waiting to make a left turn(west). As the civic approached the intersection the light turns yellow. The caddy pulls more into the intersection, and all of the sudden it goes. Right before the civic hits, the light turns red,BOOM . The civic hits the rear passanger door of the caddy and the rear end lifts up off the ground and the car pivots about 85 degrees to the left and comes to a rest just about facing west. The caddy rolls and parks in the curb lane on the west bound side of the road. I wait a few seconds to see if anyone else is gonna jump out and help. There had to have been 50 cars around and atleast 10 saw the actual crash, but no one got out. I put my cape on and jumped out of the car and ran to help. I opened the door of the driver side and I was overwhelmed with the airbag powder. I asked the driver if she was ok then asked the passanger. I then told the passanger to open her door to let the powder out so they could breath a bit better. Then finaly someone else comes to see if they are ok. I ask the other person to walk the two ladies to the side of the street. As they start walking away I hear a belt squeling I walk over to the car and the enigine is still running WOW. Im glad I own a civic and after seeing that I feel very safe in my car. The only injuries was that of the passangers finger, the nail had lifted up about half way and it was bleeding. Other than that nothing besides the seat belt and air bag bruises. The way these two cars hit and the way the civic looked after the impact you would think that someone would have some broken bones atleast. The escalade just had a dent and the door and some scratches. The Passangers were a bit shaken but nothing serious at all. Im glad that I didnt have to see anything crazy, but I am happy that this experience happend while I was there cause who knows who would have helped if I wasnt there. Thats Sad.