Security camera footage has captured a comedic accident involving a Chevy Onix hatchback and Honda Civic sedan that occurred in Brazil earlier this month.
According to the video description for this clip, which was uploaded to the ViralHog YouTube channel this week, the Chevy Onix driver began reversing out of a parking space at a local automotive center in the Itapolis area of Sao Paulo, Brazil at the exact time a neighbor was leaving her house in her Honda Civic. As both of the compact cars reversed out into the roadway, they backed directly into each other in perfect sync, making for a hilarious fender bender-style accident that looks like something straight out of a slapstick comedy routine.
As staged as this accident may look, it was indeed a real crash – although both drivers were unhurt and there was only minor rear bumper damage to both the Chevy Onix and the Honda Civic. Immediately after the crash, the Chevy Onix driver pulls back into the spot at the automotive service center, while the Honda Civic driver decides to remain parked in the roadway as motorbikes are forced to drive around the stationary compact car.
We imagine this was a fun day for the employees at the automotive service center. Not only were they treated to a rather funny video from their security cameras, they also may have gotten some extra business from the bodywork that will be required to repair the two cars. We imagine the local police also got a good laugh out of this clip when they investigated the crash.
Check it out in embedded below and remember, readers, always look both ways before reversing out into traffic!
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Times like this is when you wish bumpers in modern cars actually worked like bumpers and protected the car from thousands of dollars of damage. As opposed to being the cause of thousands of dollars of damage.
Candide: I understand why you would think that. However, the thousands of $$ in damages to cars these days means less personal injury. Which one costs more? Let’s just say these two cars both sustained $2000 of damages each ($4000 total). Now compare that with even one personal injury where the person would go to the hospital to be checked out and then several physical therapy sessions. That could run over 10 grand easy.
There’s a reason why the cars today crumple like they do: On purpose.
If only they could resist at less than 5mph and crumple above that speed. Or at least if the bumpers could be more cost effective.
Cars had such hard bumpers in the past century, so in an accident they survived with just scratches, but the occupants were injured or died. Federal safety laws changed that. So next time you see an accident or are in one, be glad that the softer bumpers took the blow and are replaceable while you are not.
Niceeeee
The Honda backs into the Onyx lane. Sometimes insurance will decide what percentage of responsibility each had for crash.
Winner. It didn’t occur to me to look to see which lane they were in till I saw your comment.
Both backed a lot further back than needed. Put it into drive as soon as possible
when backing out of something.
This is also what rear cameras with warnings are for.
Ouch.
It couldn’t have been more graceful if they planned it.
People too lazy too look out the back. That’s how this happened.