Uneventful drive, but the new Civic is designed to run into pedestrians with limited consequences

I'm assuming in both situations that the pedestrian has the sense to jump.

Here is a diagram of the consequences of getting hit by a 2010 Chevy HHR:

Fig. 1

You jump into the air, crash into the windshield, bounce back in front of the car, and sustain injuries.  Here is a diagram of the consequences of getting hit by a 2010 Honda Civic:

Fig. 2

 Basically all you do is jump into the air and run over the car.  Or you can jump into the air, get bumped by the car, fall strategically onto your side, and roll over the car and then fall on the ground behind it.

So go on, folks with the latest generation Honda Civic.  Plow into pedestrians all you want.  As diagrammed above (see Fig. 2), it is totally safe.

Also as you might have guessed, nothing exciting happened on the highway yesterday evening other than the typical (folks going 65 in the left lane, folks coming up behind me and passing on the right while giving me no chance to get over, semis attempting to pass other semis and failing and getting back over, etc.).  So no good stories from that experience.  Maybe I'll think of something exciting that happened in the past and post that.