Name: Hannah K Williams
From: Whitewright, TX
Votes: 0
Good
drivers are hard to come by these days. More and more, we see car
accident related deaths due to distracted driving. Teenagers these
days especially, are immune to the dangers of distracted driving, due
to the convivence of fast food, and cell phones. Older generations
did not have this problem because cell phones did not exist, and fast
food was not popular. Though it is deemed “uncool” to not be on
the phone or blaring music on the road, does not change how dangerous
and life-threatening it is.
It
is becoming more common that kids are not taking drivers ed
classes in a classroom. As a substitute, parent teaching and online
courses are fit to be the same as a classroom session. There are
different ways to be distracted while driving, some you don’t
realize. Drinking and driving, texting or calling, eating, too many
people in the car, or music turned up way too loud are all forms of
distracted driving. Even though texting and driving has been ruled
illegal in Texas for a while now, it does not stop teenagers from
picking up their cell phone on the highway.
Personally,
I have almost had a head-on-collision because this teenage girl was
looking down at her phone and veered into my lane. I was on a
two-lane road, with no shoulder and had nowhere to go. I slowed down
to about 20mph and I had to drive into the ditch, just to avoid
getting hit. Ever since I had this experience, I am fearful of other
people’s driving and get scared every time I drive past a car on
the road. The incident made me more aware of my surroundings, and I
firmly believe that if other people were aware of their surroundings
as well then there would not be as many car accident related deaths.
I try not to turn the radio up as much. Not only will it help slow
hearing loss, but it also won’t be deemed as a distraction to
myself and others.
Drinking
and driving itself is stupid. When you drink, and if you drink
enough, you start to lose a sense of reality which can hurt yourself
or someone else. The level of intoxication to be considered “drunk”
while driving could be lowered, because buzzed driving is drunk
driving and if someone is telling you that they were fully aware of
their surroundings at the time, they are lying to you. If someone is
buzzed, their reality could be altered.
Being
a safe and educated driver includes but not only to, making good
decisions behind the wheel, following all laws that are put in place,
knowing their surroundings, and always ensures the safety of their
drivers and others.
