Do Your Part

Do Your Part

Regardless of all of the signs that you see on the freeway or ads that warn people about the fatal consequences of being careless behind the wheel. Yet thousands a year do not heed these warnings and continue to tap away at their phone or get in a car after having only had a “few” beers. Although you cannot control the actions of others, you can control your own.

One of the ways in which you can help to be a better and safer driver is ensuring the maintenance of your car is up to date. Although not considered as often as it should be when compared to texting or drinking, A car is a machine that requires maintenance and could break if it does receive it. This ranges from a flat tire, broken tail light, and engine problems. Many of these issues that require maintenance are usually alerted to you by a warning that appears on your dashboard. So the next time that you see the maintenance warning do not ignore it as if you are waiting for it to just eventually go away, but instead make sure to take it as soon as possible to be checked up and fix any of the issues that it may have as to prevent any malfunctions that could harm you or others.

Another way in which you can be a better and safer driver is to rid yourself of distractions that could affect your ability to drive. Some of the things that could distract you include texting which you can help to rid yourself of this distraction by turning off your phone completely when you are driving. Another distraction that you could easily eliminate is not having the volume on your stereo too loud so that you would not be able to hear the honking of other drivers. At the end of the day, a single text or phone call is not worth your life, it can wait a couple minutes.

Another, and probably the most well known cause for accidents is people drinking and driving. Although some people say that only x amount of beers can affect your driving, the truth is that it only takes 1 beer to affect your driving. If you are planning on drinking alcohol at a party or gathering, in order to avoid the possibility of being in a car crash, you can use a number of different taxi/carpool apps that you can use to get home without getting behind the wheel such as Uber and Lyft. Not spending a few extra dollars on one of these services is not worth giving up your life or endangering the life of other innocent drivers having nothing to do with your careless decision.

If not everyone is willing to listen to some of these tips to keep themselves and others safe, you should at least do your part as it only takes the fault of one person to cause an accident that can affect many others and the people that care for them financially, physically, and emotionally. As you never know, you or someone you love could be affected by someone making a careless decision behind the wheel.