Name: Ashley D Castillo
From: Valapraiso, IN
Votes: 0
How
Driving has Helped me Today
My name is Ashley Castillo, the importance of drivers ed has
affected me greatly on becoming a better and safer driver. I have
ADHD and dyslexia and if it wasn’t for the “Therapeutic Mobility
Services” a company that helps individuals like myself who have
learning and/or physical disabilities, I wouldn’t be where I am
today. They provided an instructor to my needs who gave guidance of
the rules of the road and the safety precautions that need to take
place and emphasized it more because of my disability. But shouldn’t
everyone be emphasizing that importance even if one doesn’t have a
disability?
I believe that if more companies such as the Therapeutic Mobility
Services were available to everyone, and not just to individuals of
special needs, then we would experience a reducing number of deaths.
It’s Amazing how someone who just need that one on one learning
lessons to understand that lesson no matter what the activity is,
from having a student driving and the instructor sitting in
reviewing all the signs and chatting about the meaning behind each
symbol is, too reading the driver hand book line by line in a
learning environment in order to understanding the importance of
safety on the road.
Now I never been in an accident personally, but that doesn’t mean I
haven’t seen the effects and tolls it does to the people I hold
very close to. From damages that cause a family member such as my
cousin Jessie to stay in a hospital for treatment while there were
threats of any medicals complications, too even my childhood friend
Patrick who lost his life just after graduating high school, got in
an accident because of an intoxicated driver who didn’t see him and
couldn’t react fast enough. The individual who have suffer from
someone else carelessness is the reason I continue to be a safe
driver.
Normally what I do to help with this issue is direct people I know to
the Therapeutic Mobility Services or any other driving base company.
I even advise other that I know do not have a disability to still
seek out those companies or local schools for help. They can still
aid with driving training both behind the wheel and in the classroom.
And if they were able to help someone like myself who has a
disability, imagine the greater advantage it would be to someone who
is considered mainstream to take these courses on the important of
driver safety.
I’ve known friends who would try to multitask while behind the
wheel by texting, eating, or even doing their makeup while on the
road. I would try to solve issue by either assisting them so they
could focus solely on driving or flat out tell them to stop and to
park the care and I would drive and explain the danger it can do to
not only themselves but to everyone on the road. It may not be much
compared to what other might have done, but maybe that one act might
have saved someone else’s love one from going through what many
other have lost because of such careless drivers.
