The Day My Civic Saved My Life.
In late 2017 I bought a used silver/black 2016 Honda Civic LX. To this day, it is my favorite car. I thought it would be a vehicle that I would have for years given its reputation for reliability and safety. Life said otherwise. One day when I was driving on the freeway. Out of no where, an SUV to my right smashed the breaks and swerved into my lane crashing into the rear of a parked car in the middle of the freeway. My natural reflexes moved the Civic into the neighboring left lane and I was hit in the rear left corner of my bumper. I pulled over into the emergency lane. In a matter of seconds I looked at my left mirror to see if it was safe to get out but I got the chills when I saw a different SUV lose control coming towards me at high speed and it unfortunately sideswiped my Honda Civic and the side airbags deployed. It hit behind the middle damaging the left passenger and driver side doors. A little smoke came out and I realized it was from the airbags deploying. So I jumped out from the right side because I couldn’t open the left side of the door. Then I looked behind me and saw around eight or more cars were also involved in the accident. Unfortunately, my silver chariot was totaled. Trying to pick up the pieces after that is a whole other story which I mentally overcame.