Lets Talk Safe Driving

Did you know that statistically, flying on a commercial aircraft is safer than driving? The fatality rate of flying in a commercial aircraft is very low. This came to me as such a surprise, considering that planes fly at thirty-thousand feet at hundreds of miles per hour. While cars remain on the ground with most regular highway cars not even reaching past 180mph. Even though a lot can happen traveling at 180pm. In a way, this is ridiculous and are very sad facts to face, showing how careless some people are about driving. Some people get behind the wheel in conditions that they know are not suited for driving, but still decide to get on highways. I feel that driver education is extremely important in reducing the number of driver deaths and injuries. Numerous steps can be taken to reduce the number of driver related accidents and deaths. Unfortunately, I both been injured in a car accident and seen a friend/family member driving irresponsibly. I always see my friends using their phones or looking in other areas while driving. I often say something letting them know its dangerous. I usually consider myself a pretty safe driver, but there are countless steps I can take to be a better and more safer driver, as well as helping others become safer on the road. If we work together and help each other, we could make driving ten times more safer. Driving doesn’t has to be sp dangerous and as scary.

Driver education is crucial to reducing driver related deaths. Driver training helps to make drivers aware of road signs, driving techniques, emergency handling, driving perception, and much more that we need to take note of. Without road signs, we would be blind as drivers. Road signs alert us of many different things depending on the sign. Things such as; speed limits (the maximum speed allowed on any road), warnings (giving us time to react to things like curvy or slippers roads, and animal and pedestrian crossings), yields (letting us know to stop and yield our right of way), school zones (areas in which students may be present, and so on. If one of these are up ahead, but you are not able to read the sign, casualty could occur. This is crucial for reducing crashes by death. Driver’s education also teaches you how to be a defensive driver. Driving safely while others are around you. For instance, teaching you to anticipate hazards such as other drivers making sudden turns and stops. You have to learn to not react to what’s going on around, be proactive. This is how some accidents happen. People tend to panic when seeing other accidents, causing one upon themselves.

Numerous steps can be taken to reduce the numbers of deaths and injuries related to driving. In my opinion, more laws against unsafe driving should be prohibited. The road test should be given every 3 years, consecutively, after the very first license is given. This would keep everyone’s driving skills sharpened. Once an elder reaches the age of sixty-five, they should be put on probation. Using the same technology these self-driving cars use, it could be used to track the steering wheel movement and speed of our elders, implying that they are always safe and are still able to maintain proficiency while driving on their own. We also need better ways to find the smaller things. No use of seatbelts, DUIS, and distracted driving such as cell phone use. Overtime, I feel that these laws are not being as enforced as they used to be. These checkpoints should become a regular thing. Another thing that could help is campaigns about driving. Road safety campaigns also aim to reduce injuries and accidents by focusing on all of these factors.

I’ve experienced a car accident before in my life. I was rear ended at a red light by a distracted lady. Once she hit me, I noticed her cell phone fly into her car’s roof. If she had enforced the distracted driving rules more, this entire collision could’ve been avoided. I suffered minor damages to my body, but my car was totaled.

I feel as though I’m already a pretty safe driver, but these steps are endless. Not only could I enforce these rules on myself, but onto others. I could let others know that following these rules could make each trip in the car safer than the last. Driving could always be safer. Driving could become even more safer than flying on commercial aircrafts. There’s no reason for the sudden increase in car accidents.