The other day I was on the final approach to my house, coasting with the engine off like always. A storm had just blown by and as the car rounded a corner a tree jumped out in front of me. The tree was about 4 inches in diameter and had I been driving my old 4wd pickup I would have just crunched over the top of it. Civic Hybrids are not nearly as high off the ground as 4wd pickups so at first I swerved in an attempt to go around the tree. The swerving action caused the headlights to iluminate the rest of the tree at which point I realized that the tree was across the entire width of the road. A few milliseconds go by while I realize that there is not going to be any way around the tree and also that going over the tree in the Civic is a bad idea. At this point I slammed on the brakes. Any guesses on what happened next? Keep in mind that the car was off.