Name: Brendan Scott Sting
From: Grand Blanc, Michigan
Votes: 0
Brendan Sting
July 1, 2019
The
Dangerous Mind of a New Driver
A new driver
doesn’t have to be a 16-year-old teen in high school ready to show
off their keys and their vehicle. A new driver can be someone in
college that is 19 years old, 20 years old, or maybe even 21. But age
does not matter because any person that just got their license, has a
lot of thoughts and a dangerous mentality that should be disciplined
in driver’s training school and not after a possible road accident.
Addressing and making sure the mentality of a soon to be driver is
crucial to avoiding accidents and other driving dangers, as it is not
the steering wheel that causes crashes, it is the person that take
holds of the steering wheel.
It starts in driver’s training school where the soon-to-be driver
is anxiously awaiting independence and power of steering their very
own vehicle. They may drift off thinking about all the “fun”
stuff they could do with their license, or they could become bored
having to sit in a classroom about driving while they could be
driving already. This mentality and thoughts that the new driver has
in driver’s training hinders their experience of lessons in
driver’s training school and increases the chance of a crash on the
road. If this mindset is not recognized and dealt with in driver’s
training school, it stays when the new driver gets their license; and
this is when it becomes dangerous. The same mindset said earlier can
lead to overconfidence behind the wheel, the habits of texting while
driving, and bringing your best and close friends in your vehicle
that may be a distraction. This mindset is the reason why there are
so many teen and new driver crashes, for this mentality is the
trigger that causes the new driver to do bad actions or decisions
while behind the wheel.
Now, how do we
stop or avoid this mindset that is in the new driver’s mind? We
must add to the lessons of driver’s training classes and have a
section on the mentality of a new driver. This section must cover
what the mentality can cause, and how it is dangerous to keep this
mentality. Then, to ensure that all driving students are listening,
have a serious talk about the mentality that makes sure that the
students are “awake” and listening to the lessons being taught
about the mentality. This tactic of handling the mentality issue is
head on and will most likely snap the students out of the mentality;
thus, reducing the chance of them being involved in a crash.
To conclude, a
new driver can have a dangerous mentality that can slip past the
current driver’s training school system and it must come to an end
by recognizing and addressing the mentality head on in driver’s
training classes. This, overall, will result in fewer new driver
crashes and make the road safer to all.
