NHTSA Complaint #10376692 — 2002 HONDA CIVIC

I BOUGHT A NEW 02 HONDA CIVIC EX. ON AUG 31 03 IT HAD BEEN RAINING AND I LOOKED DOWN FOR A MOMENT AND WHEN I LOOKED UP I WAS ON THE EDGE OF THE ROAD JERKING MY CAR BACK ONTO THE ROAD MY CAR SLID IMPACTING A MAILBOX ON MY PASSENGER FRONT SIDE THEN PRECEDED TO FLIP SEVERAL TIMES. NEITHER AIRBAG DEPLOYED (I WAS TOLD DUE TO THE FIRST IMPACT WAS NOT TO THE FRONT). WHILE FLIPPING MY SEATBELT RELEASED ME THROWING ME OUT OF THE DRIVER WINDOW LANDING FACE FIRST IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. MY INJURIES MY LEFT ARM WAS SEVERELY BURNED DOCTORS CONCLUDE MY SEATBELT WRAPPED AROUND MY ARM DUE TO THE FLIPPING THE SEATBELT CUT MY ARM 3/4 OF THE WAY ALMOST AMPUTATING IT. I WENT THROUGH 6 SURGERIES AND NOW HAVE RADIAL NERVE DAMAGE AND LIMP WRIST. I CAN NOT EXTEND MY FINGERS AND WILL NEVER BE ABLE TO.I ALSO BROKE THAT ARM HAVING AN EXTERNAL CAST SINCE MY ARM WAS CUT. I FRACTURED MY FRONT & BACK HIP ON MY RIGHT SIDE, MY LEFT PELVIC BONE AND THE LEFT FRONT HIP BONE. I SPENT OVER A MONTH IN THE HOSPITAL. I WAS DETERMINED AT 25 DISABLED! I WAS TOLD BY ATTORNEYS THE WRECK WAS MY FAULT SO THEREFORE MY CAR MALFUNCTIONING AND MY INJURIES RECEIVED WAS MY FAULT TO DEAL WITH IT. WHICH I HAVE AND WILL FROM NOW ON. I HOPE ONE DAY SOMEONE WILL DO SOMETHING ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO PEOPLE. THE WRECK WAS MY FAULT, BUT THE INJURIES I RECEIVED WAS NOT! *TR