DRIVING NORTH THROUGH INTERSECTION ABOUT 35-40 MPH IN KINSTON NC YESTERDAY CLOUDY BUT DRY DAY. AN AUTOMOBILE WAS DIRECTLY IN PATH HEADING WEST. I SLAMMED ON BREAKS BUT STILL COLLIDED WITH THE SIDE OF A SMALL MINATA. POINT OF IMPACT WAS DEAD FRONT MIDDLE. I RECALLED THINKING TO MYSELF THAT IT WAS NOT THAT BAD OF AN IMPACT BECAUSE THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. RIGHT AT THIS POINT I WAS COASTING TO A STOP WHEN THE AIRBAG DID DEPLOYED. A LOT OF GOOD THAT DID! I AM CONCERNED FOR OTHERS SAFETY THAT THE AIRBAG ON MY 2006 HONDA CIVIC DID NOT DEPLOY AND HAVE READ OTHER COMPLAINTS ON THIS SITE. *TR