Reducing Driving-Related Deaths

There are many reasons why driving-related deaths are a huge problem in our world today, causing millions of deaths. Even though this is a horrific topic, there are many ways that we can reduce these numbers and save people’s lives. In this essay, I will talk about increasing vehicle safety, encouraging public awareness, helping driver behavior, decreasing technology used, and improving the laws to reduce driving-related deaths. If all of these things are taken seriously and put in place, I believe that the number of deaths due to driving will decrease dramatically.

Firstly, I will talk about increasing vehicle safety. There are many ways improving vehicle safety can help save lives, such as blind spot monitoring and even automatic emergency brakes. There are some things we have already implemented in newer cars, like lane warnings; when you are starting to drift out of your lane, your car beeps, notifying you that you are no longer in your lane. Another way we can promote vehicle safety is by ensuring maintenance check-ups to ensure everything within the car is working correctly. This would reduce the risk of someone getting in an accident because they would know that their brakes, engine, and everything else are working perfectly.

Now, I want to talk about public awareness. I feel like in this world today, there needs to be an increase in public awareness over this subject because the amount of deaths is only increasing, and I feel like not enough people know about it. One way to approach this is by emphasizing specific points that interest people, such as the consequences of doing certain things while driving. If we underline specific points like texting while driving and talk about what happens when you do, there is a good chance that people will stop doing it. Even though we see some of this today, we can do more for more people to see this, like putting flyers up in schools, in people’s workplaces, and in many other areas to get this message across to everyone.

Next, I want to talk about driver behavior. There are many ways to improve driver behavior, and it is probably one of the most crucial roles being played in deaths associated with driving. A few things we can do to improve driving behavior is the education that new drivers are getting because this plays a crucial role in shaping the drivers into who they become when they get their driver’s license. We could enhance the consequences when you get in trouble. This will encourage people to do the right thing because nobody wants to receive consequences. Lastly, we can promote specific laws that will improve driver behavior. The main thing about driver behavior is being safe, so promoting stuff like wearing a seatbelt will improve driver behavior because more people will be safer while driving.

Now, I will talk about how decreasing technology use will reduce the number of driver-related deaths. An abundance of deaths while driving comes from being on the phone while driving. I have a family member who had to experience this because their husband was texting and driving and died because he ran into an eighteen-wheeler. One of the only things that are worse than death itself is having to lose someone you love and go on without them. So, when texting and driving, we can think about ourselves and the people who love and care about us. Technology also has its benefits, though it helps cars improve and can keep us from getting into accidents.

Lastly, I will talk about how enforcing and improving the laws put in place can help the number of deaths by people driving go down. Making sure these laws are enforced can heavily decrease these numbers, and one of the things that needs to be regulated the most is speeding. Speeding is one of the top reasons why people get in car accidents, and this needs to be controlled and enforced more than it is now. This goes back to the consequences we are given for speeding, and if there are stricter regulations, it will help people not to speed.

In conclusion, reducing the number of driving-related deaths will not be easy, but if we try and do these things, there will for sure be a decrease in deaths caused by this. Everybody needs to work together and spread this message that way we can be able to make the driving world better, so that everyone can hear and listen to it.