Distracted Driving

Starting off with the importance of driver education is the fact that you are driving safely as there are other cars around you driving. There are many accidents that happen due to many reasons in which some may be due to the driver’s fault. Other reasons may be due to how the weather is and causing the roads to be bad. Yet, as the driver it is their responsibility to make sure that they are focused on the road at all times. One single distractment can end a life so fast and you will never see it coming. If you as a person do not know how to drive then you should not be driving for any reason at all. People are required to have their driver license for a reason: to save lives.

Secondly, there are many steps that need to be taken to reduce the number of deaths caused by accidents. The biggest reason accidents happen is due to distracted driving. I have lost a close friend due to distracted driving on March 13, 2023. Losing my friend at such a young age has taught me many things in life. Starting off with the fact that I should not be driving distracted. Not even if it is to “quickly” change my music on my phone or to text someone back. Nothing is more important than driving safely and whatever is popping up on your phone can wait until you are fully stopped and parked. It has also taught me to never take life for granted because anything can happen at any moment. You will never know when something bad will happen to yourself or to a close friend. Which is what happened to me when I was just going on about my day at work until I got told the worst news about losing my close friend.

Continuing on from the steps you need to take to reduce deaths from car accidents. Another thing is to never drive while under the influence. You have to be completely sober to reduce the number of deaths caused from car accidents. There are always other ways to get to your house that do not require you to drive where it could end up with you crashing. Also driving tired is even worse than driving under the influence. Many people tend to think it is okay to drive while being tired but it is actually worse in so many ways. You would start to fall asleep while driving causing you to drive into the other lane and causing an accident. If you know you are not fully capable of driving then you should not even think about getting into the driver’s seat. The person in the driver’s seat has too many responsibilities that a tired person could not accomplish.

I personally have been in an accident and it was the scariest moment of my life. I was picking up my friend from her place to go to a track meet and everything was going fine. Yet, not even 5 minutes into the drive we got into a car accident. It was in front of Jaxx and I was the one taking a left turn and it was said to be my fault. The saddest part for me was that the accident had happened two months after my friend had passed from another accident and I knew it was going to be blamed on me since I was the one who was turning. As soon as the hit happened I started to cry and panic because I was so overwhelmed and could not stop thinking about the fact that I had my friend in the passenger seat.

Leading on from the last paragraph, that is another thing about the person in the driver seat. You are responsible for the people in the car and if something bad happens people will look at the person driving. In this case I knew I had messed up and my mind was stuck on how scared I was for even putting my friend in that position. I also could not stop thinking about how I was scared about my accident, which was not that bad compared to how my friend who I lost in a car accident must have felt about hers. Ever since that accident I have been traumatized about left turns and I always double check and make sure everything is clear even if it takes longer because I did not want to feel that type of emotion again.

Now finishing this essay off is with ways you could prevent causing accidents and increasing the number of deaths from car accidents. Biggest distraction is your phone so to not get distracted by your phone is to completely put it away. When I say completely put it away I am meaning by putting it somewhere that is out of your reach. If you do not see your phone then you are decreasing the chances of you wanting to pick up your phone. Next, always keep in mind that you are not the only person out on the road driving. But instead there are many people who are all around you and you would not want to be the reason they are not making it to their location. Once the accident happens there will be no way of taking it back which is why you always have to be focused on the road.

In conclusion, many accidents are caused for multiple reasons but the biggest reason is due to distracted drivers. Which I can personally say that it does affect one’s life to losing someone they love mostly at a young age. Yet, there are many ways one could prevent causing car accidents and increasing the death rates that happen. It is all in the hands of the person in the driver seat because being in the driver’s seat comes with a lot of responsibility. These accidents happen out of nowhere and cannot be taken back which is why knowing the importance of the driver is a big deal.