Would You Kill Someone Knowingly?

Would
You Kill Someone Knowingly?

No
one in their right mind would kill someone intentionally. That moral
compass is probably why society has functioned so well, and preserved
itself to the point of being able to see a future for everyone. This
moral compass is also prevalent in everyone, shining the most in our
most dangerous of daily tasks; driving. It is vital for people to
learn a proper drivers ed because sometimes, that moral
compass doesn’t let us see everywhere at once, it’s not a
Spidey-sense, and it certainly can’t let you see into the future.

In
this, a certain number of steps must be completed. Our new driving
populace has to be aware of the potential life-or-death situations
they’ll be facing as they start operating a huge hunk of metal. So
a good thorough drivers ed course must be focused on to
further benefit the safety of both the driver and the pedestrians
that interact on the daily. And it isn’t just new drivers that need
this. I believe that we need to reeducate some of the older drivers
on the roads today. They still pose risks, and with technology
becoming so integrated in our lives, it’s also becoming a horrible
problem on the roads. Therefore, we need to be more aware of our
surroundings, instead of looking down. It’s why it is so important
that people become comfortable in their car and see it as a second
limb; where they can change the volume of a song without looking over
to see it.

I
myself have been in a few terrifying incidents that left me wondering
if I would get out unharmed from a vehicle. Thankfully, I haven’t
been harmed at all in these car accidents, but I still have to be
aware of the dangers I face as a passenger. My grandmother and I had
been in a car accident in Germany, a completely different country
with a whole other set of rules for the road. We were completely
unprepared and my grandmother wasn’t paying attention. We
rear-ended the car in front of us because she hadn’t looked up from
her phone, or payed attention to her surroundings in the slightest.

That
experience was terrifying for me, because I honestly didn’t know
what we could do. Thankfully, no charges had been pressed, and the
officer we spoke to spoke English so we got out ok. I still hate
being in a car as a passenger though. It makes me feel powerless and
unable to control the direction of where we go. And pride is a big
factor in that, which is why I think it’s so vital that we get rid
of pride in ourselves when it comes to driving. Everyone should be
aware of the dangers they face, and how awful it feels to not be
heard when you try to critique the driver on their driving abilities.
That’s why, I think we should stop being prideful, and start being
open-minded to our mistakes.