Dangerous Driving is no joke

I have been driving for almost two years now and I recently just got into my first car accident. Last Monday, 10/14/2024, I got into a car wreck. I was meeting my friends. I was turning left into the place which means I had to yield to the other side and I didn’t see this guy driving; I wasn’t on my phone or anything but still managed to hit him. It was just a man in the car and we both pulled over. I was starting to have a panic attack in my car and the guy was hitting his steering wheel and cussing which made me terrified to come out of my car. We both get out of the car and he comes up to me and asks if I’m okay and I say yes, then I called my step-mom which she came over in a hurry. After my step-mom showed up, two police officers showed up and started questioning both me and the man. I gave them my statement and the guy gave his statement to them. My left bumper is messed up and the guy car had to be totaled. I’m glad that my friends pulled up around the time of the accident because they were comforting me while my step-mom was dealing with the police. Now the whole time I was terrified, I was scared on what the man was going to do with me, scared of my parents, scared of the police officers, and scared of what was going to happen. When it happened, I couldn’t breathe, my hands were shaking, and I started crying. I don’t cry, last time I cried was probably a year ago until Monday. I hate to cry so if I did on that day then that shows how bad I felt. This car wreck was my fault but I had this feeling of disappointment and that my life is over. I mean luckily both the man and I are okay but I feel terrible for his car and making my parents insurance go up. I am now having to deal with paying for the right front of my car because the exterior is all messed up. I have $3,000 in savings but since I have to pay for my car most of my savings is gone. This car accident wasn’t as bad as it could of been and I’m very grateful that it wasn’t that bad. For example, my friends Hayden and Ereney ended up in the hospital after there car wreck. This car pulled in front of Hayden which made his car flip onto Ereney’s car and they both had to go to the hospital. They were in there for a couple of days but there both doing okay. Hayden is back to normal looking for a new car and Ereney is still in a boot and crutches but she’s still okay. I’m lucky because I didn’t end up in the hospital or have to look for a new car; I still feel for them and I’m just happy they’re okay. These experiences have shown me that anything can happen unexpectedly and that you have live every moment possible. I feel like the most accidents are with teenagers because we are reckless. Teenagers feel indestructible with everything, especially with driving. We speed, on our phone, and have a don’t care mindset which can be very dangerous. Mine and my friends accidents were better than some others, sometimes people don’t make it and it’s because of idiot drivers. Also, a bunch of people drive recklessly because they aren’t educated nor have never been in a accident themselves. Being in a accident really changes your mindset and it really changes your life. People need to educate themselves about dangerous driving before they get into a car wreck and changes their life. Take it from me, ever since the accident I still get scared with driving in certain spots like taking a left turn or when there’s a bunch of cars around. I get scared with driving with other people, even people I trust like my dad, step-mom, and grandma, I really hope this feeling goes away because I hate living like this. It’s been a week and two days since the accident and driving still scares me. Whenever I’m driving with my friends they tell me to go whenever I’m making a turn but they don’t understand that I’m still terrified to make turns. I have been better than I was, when it happen, I wasn’t sure how I was gonna drive again because I was so shaky and everything seemed wrong. I pray that no one has to go through a car accident or that they don’t go through another one if they have been in one. Driving is no joke and those people who drive like they have nine lives need to be humbled.