oh, too bad.. 
Good to know that u learned from this accident and everyone went home safely. u made a good decision of not asking for money from the taxi wala, as he would be a poor chap and repairing his own source of income would have been very difficult for him.
btw, civic took it nicely, though it would have been in worst shape if it hit another civic or corolla etc.
To everyone, ALWAYS wear seatbelt, people usually think that we dont need to wear them while driving inside city.what they dont realize is that an impact at only 40km/h is enough to seriously hurt them, depending on the circumstances of the crash. thanx to ALLAH, i ve a habit of wearing them at all time, as soon as i reverse the car out of garage, i wear seatbelts.nd not only in islamabad (where they fine u for not wearing them) , i used to wear them back in sargodha too, all the time.and some ppl even made fun of me for doing this, thinking that i was over-involved in the car thingy n u dont need to wear seatbelts at all...
