Driver Education and Driver Saftey

It is time, finally, to talk about the importance of driver education and driver safety. As we dive into driver education, we examine that in recent studies driver education is appropriate. Driver education can benefit people in many ways. Personally, I believe that the United States should require some form of driver education before anyone is sixteen years old. This may include requirements for teaching driver education in high school. Driver education could be the beginning of the end of deaths resulted by driving. Driver education prepares new drivers to obtain a learner’s permit, or a drivers license. There are many importance’s on why teens should take driver education, as well as many steps you can take to reduce the deaths caused by driving. To begin, we have the importance of driver education.

Driver education is a baseline for those who call for common sense, judgement, and even defensive driving. These particular skills will help build confidence in brand-new drivers, or even elderly drivers. Driver education is one of the best benefits not only for the driver, but also for others on the road. The skills listed above will help lessen the growing numbers of death as a result of driving. Some other distinct steps to take while driving would be, to make sure the passengers, and the driver wear a seatbelt at all times when the car is in motion, never get behind the wheel if impaired either with drugs or alcohol, always drive the speed limit, and most definitely, never, ever text and drive. Texting and driving is one of the leading causes of death resulted by driving. If you have ever been in the car with someone who texts and drives you know how scary it is. I would know firsthand.

Texting and driving. My older brother texts and drives all the time. It makes me very anxious because I know that it isn’t secure to text and drive since texting and driving is the leading cause of deaths resulted by driving. This, for me, makes me feel like a much better driver, as whenever I am I driving I remember him and how he texts and drives, and how anxious it makes me feel. This is why whenever I drive, I am compelled to put my phone away, silence it, and focus on the road. This is why when we look at driver education, we can see that it not only aids new drivers with their confidence and skills, but also these classes can help more teens become exceptional at putting down their phones, and focus on the road. There are many ways that driver education can benefit the youth of today, but teens also have to take steps into becoming an exceeding driver on their own as well. Here are some steps I, personally, would take to become the best version of a driver I can be.

For me, personally, I believe some steps that I could take, and even other people could take, are to just make sure you make the right choices. There is no evident reason to put your own personal safety in danger to get to school or work. Some of the more clear-cut steps that I would take are, silence my phone when I’m driving, and make sure of my surroundings at all times. Hence, I believe that the biggest factor of all of this is to make sure that you don’t hold your breath, and think a car accident will never happen to you.

For others, I hold that some steps other drivers could take would to be, don’t text and drive, make sure they are aware of their surroundings, make sure they are defensive drivers, and never get angry at student drivers. Driver education is a slow process of allowing others to learn about the road. Just make sure if you are driving near a student driver to not honk or yell at them.

Circling back, driver education is important in many ways. Driver education may help with the mind set of, “its never going to happen to me.” It can happen. There are approximately 3,700 deaths a day, globally, from people just driving. This is why driver education can benefit teens and adults because it can help a person understand not only that car accidents and death can arise, but that you can boost your knowledge in driving, and even lessen the risk of death resulted by driving.

Works Cited

CarBudsINC. (2021, December 3). How many people die in car accidents every year? – carbuds. Car Buds – Automobiles is What We Do! Retrieved March 15, 2022, from https://carbuds.org/how-many-people-die-in-car-accidents-every-day/#:~:text=Approximately%201.35%20million%20people%20are%20killed%20in%20car,in%20car%20accidents%20every%20year%201.35%20million%20people