MY BRAND NEW, HONDA RIDGELINE PROVIDED A LESS-THAN IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE. WITH A 45 MPH IMPACT TO MY FRONT END - DRIVER SIDE, AND DOOR, MY SEAT BELT KEPT ME FROM SERIOUS INJURY. NOT THE AIRBAG, SINCE THE ONLY ONE THAT DEPLOYED WAS THE PASSENGER SIDE! YES, THE POLICE, PARAMEDIC'S, ACCIDENT INVESTIGATORS AND TOW TRUCK DRIVER WERE ALL WERE CURIOUS ABOUT MY RIDGELINE AND WERE VERY CONCERNED THAT THE AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY ON THE SIDE OF IMPACT, THE DRIVER SIDE. HAVING 2 CHILDREN, SIX AND TWO YEARS OLD, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT I HAVE A VEHICLE THAT IS CONSIDERED AS THE SAFEST IN ITS CLASS. I HAVE BEEN LEFT WITH SIGNIFICANT CONCERN OVER ANY OTHER UNEXPECTED PROBLEMS THAT THE HONDA RIDGELINE MAY REVEAL. THIS LEAVES ME RATHER CURIOUS OVER FINDING AN EXPLANATION AS TO WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT WILL YOU NEED TO KNOW TO DETERMINE WHETHER THIS MAY BE A TREND OR FLAW IN THE SAFETY OF THE NEW RIDGELINE OR SOME OTHER REASONABLE EXPLANATION?*JB