We are our own enemies.

Although
most of society know that nearly 1.25 million people die in road
crashes each year (Annual Global Road Crash Statistics 2016), we
still decide to take our lives and other lives for granted. You might
ask yourself “why? Why does society choose to put themselves in a
situation that others were put into and did not survive?”, its
because while we are young we feel that waking up in the morning and
making it home each night is inevitable and bound to happen. The
normality of life desensitize us and make us take the precious gift
of life for granted.

Driver
education teaches us that if we do not recognize our enemies behind
the wheel and remember the history of how many people died behind the
wheel we are condemned to repeat it. In other words, in life our only
enemy is ourselves. For example, the only thing holding you back from
obtaining a desire is the fear within yourself to fail just like,
many car accidents were caused by the driver’s enthusiasm in
responding to a text message or ego telling an intoxicated person he
came to operate a vehicle. In each situation, we are giving a choice
and the choice we chose will determine our faith. To reduce the
number of deaths related to driving, we must first recognize our
enemy and fight against our urge to surrender to our enemy’s
demands and finally teach our younger generation by demonstration.
Children learn from their environment, so if you as a parent or
bigger sister or brother is constantly driving distracted and
wreckless it inevitable that they will grow up and do the same. We
must teach our minds to fight urges then teach our future children
from day one that they are responsible for their lives and others
every time they get behind the wheel.

Unfortunately,
in this essay, I do acknowledge the problems as we and not you
because last year in April, I was involved in a car accident that was
my fault because I allowed myself to become a distracted driver and
use my phone behind the will. After all the drivers ed and
death of a friend, you would think if I knew better I would do better
but still, I chose to become a distracted driver. It’s very sad to
say that for some people who believe they are immoral, knowledge of
knowing how many people died by becoming a distracted driver won’t be
enough, and the experiences they will gain by becoming a distracted
driver will teach them if given the chance to survive, the dangers
of driving.I’m finally able to admit to my mistake and take full
responsibility for all the lives I put in danger by just simply
picking up my phone. Life begins as a mystery and will end as a
mystery, but the knowledge and experiences gained in between are what
helps define the true beauty of life and helps individuals to
continue to move forward.I’m happy that my experience of becoming a
distracted driving came into my life and was not the death of me but
became a life learned lesson that I can teach others about. To become
a better driver I always put my phone on “do not disturb while
driving” and never allow my self to drive whenever I feel Im tired
or not fully conscious.