Distracted Baby bird in a Two Ton Death Trap

Distracted
Babybird in a Two Ton Death Trap

A
teenager learning how to drive is equivalent to a baby bird learning
how to fly. It is the first example of freedom one may experience but
is also often the first consistently dangerous activity presented.
Teenagers are baby birds in a two ton metal death trap distracted by
everything around them.

When
a baby bird learns how to drive, their instructor could be anyone, a
parent, peer, or neighbor, but it should NOT be anyone, it should be
one familiar with drivers ed. While a father may drive with his knees
or while sipping a beer, this should not be passed down. Driver’s
education insures that destructive behaviors such as these are
prevented and not taught.

Also,
as mentioned before teenagers (even often times adults) are easily
distracted. The biggest perpetrators are cell phones, but music,
friends, and events outside the car are not innocent either. We can
limit these, but even with thousands of laws in place, we cannot
eliminate them. However, a way that we could limit accidents is by
during drivers ed lessons, creating simulations with ringing cell
phones, rain on the windshield, and loud passengers in the back and
training the driver to still maintain focus on the road.

While
these distracted baby birds contribute to unsafe roads, sometimes
adults are just as guilty. My parents have gotten in multiple
accidents because of my siblings and I fighting in the back or a ball
being thrown across the car, none ended in tragedy, excluding broken
arms and bumped heads, but all have helped me realize how dangerous
any distraction can be, even if it seems insignificant.

I
am a new distracted driver, I must admit, but I can take precautions,
such as limiting those distractions and practicing in a safe
environment until I become more confident. I can also assist in
others safe driving, by maintaining my best behavior and causing as
little distractions as possible while in their car.