The Importance of Safe Driving

Driving is one of the easiest and fastest ways to go places. While it can be fun, it can be life-threatening, if it is not done right. Drivers ed warns new and upcoming drivers to be careful and mindful when driving. It teaches how easy it can be to get into a car crash, and how hard it can be when you first start driving. From the basic parts of a car to what happens if your tire explodes on a highway, drivers ed covers it all. Warning new drivers of the risks of driving haphazardly. Texting while driving has proven to have worse effects that driving under the influence. A text can wait if it means that you won’t kill or be killed in an accident. Texting and driving should have a higher fine, so that when people get caught doing so, they pay and will hopefully learn not to do it again. There are also simple yet important things that people can remember to do when they drive. For example pulling into traffic slowly, scanning 12 seconds ahead, looking back when pulling out, and pulling over if there is an emergency call or text that needs immediate response. I have only ever been in a car accident once. My mother was on the phone talking to a friend, and she thought she saw a squirrel in front of her car. Out of fear, she turned the car while she was distracted and rammed into a light pole. It was one of the scariest things that had ever happened to me. Even to this day, when either of my parents drive, they do not take calls or texts while they drive. The way you. The way you drive could affect all of the people who are driving near you. When you pay attention to your surroundings when you drive, it helps you stay alert and aware of what is coming your way. Advocating safe driving using your social media and telling your family members or friends about its importance can help. For example, if you are with your friend in a car, and your friend is using a phone or another handheld device while driving, you can stop them and either tell them to pullover and use it, or to put it away so that they do not put their own lives or other’s lives in danger while they are on the road. To become a safe driver, I will be mindful of my actions and surroundings when I drive. I will not be on my phone when I drive, and I will pay full attention to the road, so that I can be safe, and keep the cars around me safe when I drive. Driving requires full attention, and being careless can lead to a lot of damage for multiple people. Driving safely can ensure that you are out of harm’s way.