Name: Xavier Kent
From: Marrero, LA
Votes: 0
I
will never forget when my brother shared his near death driving
experience. I was about twelve and he was returning home from a late
night at work.It was raining terribly outside. Suddenly my brother
rushed in the house and exclaimed to me and my mother how glad he was
to see us and be home. He said that he was crossing the crescent-city
connection rushing to get home and he was going about 80 mph in the
rain. He mentioned that he suddenly lost control of the car and he
began to hydroplane. He said he thought he and his car we both
heading off the bridge and into the Mississippi River. He then
returned home at a slower pace.
Fortunately,
my brother got to continue to live his life. However there have been
many others who were not as lucky and lost their lives to being in
car accidents. There have been hundreds even thousands of people who
lost their lives due to reckless driving. The person whom died
may not be at fault for the accident. It could have been whoever was
in the opposing car.
According
to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDCP) the leading
cause of death for U.S. teens are motor vehicle crashes. This is
absurd and should not be. The leading cause for our teens in America
is not gun violence nor disease, but car accidents. The CDC has
reported that “In
2016, 2,433 teens in the United States ages 16–19 were killed and
292,742 were treated in emergency departments for injuries suffered
in motor vehicle crashes” (CDC). The website also reveals that this
correlates to teens 16-19 experiencing death everyday because of
vehicle accidents. It is quite obvious that motor vehicle accidents
is an issue amongst America’s teens. These accidents are costing
them their lives so there should be more awareness to spread
prevention on the subject.
Everyone
knows that driving safety is taught in driving courses when someone
is in the process of obtaining their license. However this
information may go into one ear and out of the other. This is because
of two reasons. First, a lot of people take drivers ed courses
when they are in their early teenage years and soon forget to
information. When taking drivers ed, driver safety is not
focused on enough. In order to ensure that it is at least one test
should be given in the classes to express how important the subject
is. One thing which I think should be taught is to tell young drivers
to put there phones on driver safety mode immediately once entering
the car. A lot of young drivers do not know that this is available on
their phones.
