The Road to a Safer Future

Can we truly be safer on the roads? This is a question that many people wonder, and I believe that we collectively can. Safety is something that everyone unanimously agrees upon even if we have our differences. I’m excited to see how companies are trying their best to advance technology and allow safety for everyone, trying to avoid all sorts of accidents. I’m glad that we educate and test the driving abilities of those who want to drive vehicles on the roads around others, but I feel like there is still more that we can do. Within this essay I will talk about the importance of educating drivers to reduce the amounts of deaths caused, personal experiences and issues with drivers at different age gaps, and what steps we can take to ensure safety for all.

To begin, accidents are events that were avoidable. I’ve been and seen many accidents within my years of driving. I’m lucky to say that I haven’t been in any life-threatening accidents and have only witnessed horrible accidents. I remember one-night driving home I was driving, and a car had cut me as I was getting ready to turn into my neighborhood. When the car thought it was safe to turn a car had blindsided the turning car after turning into the freeway while texting and driving. It was very freighting to witness and am glad I wasn’t the one who was T-boned. Luckily there were no fatal accidents and only minor bruises and injuries, I hope that the passengers involved in the accident are well.

I believe that we should hold all drivers accountable in what is being updated as we teach new and/or younger drivers. For example, when I was studying for my permit test, I had my parents take a practice test to see their results and I was baffled. They both failed barely getting half the answers correct. They told me that the answers were different from what they were taught growing up. Therefore, I believe that we should re-educate drivers after a certain amount of years to ensure that we, as a society, know the new safety precautions. As a driver myself I have been and experienced accidents while in the car with others. Though most of them were avoided, it frustrates me when others drive recklessly. When drivers text and drive, cut lanes without signaling, or forcing themselves into a space they think they can fit just to be in the “faster” lane. These types of actions are the actions that make me want all drivers to be retested after a certain amount of years.

As stated above, I want all drivers to retest and relearn our constantly updated system for safe driving. Driving is a privilege and not a given. I feel like most people forget this at times and become reckless while driving. I feel like after a few of years drivers or after bad accidents drivers should go and retake their driving tests portion of the license tests. I know everyone dreads going to the DMV and waiting in long almost lifeless lines, but I’m willing to make those sacrifices if that’s what it takes to ensure that everyone around me is safer and there will be less deaths caused by accidents. I feel like our generation gaps of learning what is safe and unsafe has changed drastically and constantly fear for my life when driving wondering if someone will be reckless today or not. The only way I truly see everyone being safe is re-education.

In conclusion, reducing deaths caused by accidents is a possible future. It’ll just take time and re-education and to get everyone on the same page. Though there will be those who disagree with me, those who do, I feel like we can be the difference of an accident occurring and taking a life.