Name: Diego Ramirez
From: victorville, California
Votes: 0
The
reasoning on why drivers ed is required in the state of
california for teens age 15 ½ to 17 ½ is to make sure that
teenagers get the proper education on how to drive. There have been
many crashes over the numbers of years due to irresponsible and
reckless driving. I believe that drivers ed is a fantastic way
to learn how to drive correctly, because as for myself, I have seen
people in my life drive reckless and could have been prevented if
they took some sort of drivers ed.
Over the years,
driving has been so bad that studies result in 1.25 million people
dying from various car crashes every year1. Surprisingly,
most of these crashes are at the hands of teenagers. According to the
California DMV Teenagers are between 2 and 4 times more likely to be
involved in an accident that results in a fatality or injury.2
In order to reduce the number of deaths relating to driving, there
needs to be more hands on and knowledge based requirements. For
Example, a person who is trying to obtain a California driver’s
license needs to have more hands on work with more behind the wheel
driving lessons, because anybody can drive a car, but the hard part
is if they know how to drive the car correctly. And so I believe with
more hands on practice, the rates of death regarding death will
reduce gradually. In my opinion, I think that the written test to
get a permit is really good, because no anybody can answer those
questions correctly and so I think that the written portion is a
fantastic way to make sure the person who is trying to get a license
is fully qualified.
I fully support
exploring ways to reduce the damage done by irresponsible drivers.
Unfortunately, I have seen one of my family members acting without
regard for themselves or people around them first hand. In 2013 my
Dad got in a car accident due to him driving under the influence. The
whole experience with seeing the car totalled and all his injuries
was traumatizing. Weeks after the incident it was still in the back
of my head because of how horrific it was. Months of physical therapy
overloaded his schedule which did not allow him to work for ten
months, affected our family.
At the end of the day I tell myself that this all could’ve been
prevented, not with more driving classes, but by being a more
responsible driver. Luckily no one was hurt, but if there were
victims that have been injured the accident would have resulted in
terrible consequences.
Everyday that I
drive I try to be the best driver that I can be. I think that some
steps to help other people to become a better and safer driver is to
take extra courses maybe at a community center to educate people who
might have questions regarding the proper way to drive. I think for
me to become a better driver is to have patience and help my peers
around me with questions they might have by showing them with words
or hands on.
Works Cited
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Association
for Safe International Road Travel Retrieved from
https://www.asirt.org/safe-travel/road-safety-facts/
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California
Department of Motor Vehicles. (n.d.). Retrieved from
https://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/detail/teenweb/more_btn6/traffic/traffic#crash_1000.
