The Cost of Driving Reckless

When
getting your license, it is important to know that you are
responsible for not only your own life, but everyone else’s too. When
driving, you have to be prepared for anything. You are not the only
one on the road. Other people could be driving recklessly, so you
have to drive with the knowledge that you could be the safest driver,
but others might be anything but that.

Taking
drivers ed not only is required, but can improve your safety
on the road. The more education you have on drivers safety and
driving in general, the safer you will be on the road. Driver
education doesn’t just help you, it helps others too. You keep
others safe while being safe yourself. The more you know about
driving, the safer you will drive, if we have more safe drivers on
the road it could decrease the number of car related deaths.

In order to reduce
the number of deaths, there are steps that are probably known by
everyone. By obeying road signs like stop signs, road work signs, and
others, you are one step closer to not putting yourself and others at
risk. One of the biggest steps is watching your speed. When you’re
going the right speed, you will have better reaction time if someone
was to pull out in front of you or slam on their brakes. You can also
avoid a large ticket, which sounds like a great idea. Also, staying
off your phone while driving, and putting all your focus on the road.

There are a lot of
people that don’t think before they make decisions on the road. For
example, when I was little, my sister, my aunt and I were coming back
from a movie. She was just about to drop me off at my house, when a
woman didn’t stop at a stop sign and pulled out right in front of
us, resulting in us slamming right into the side of her car. No one
was injured, but if we were going any faster it could’ve been
different. She didn’t think about what could’ve happened, she was
looking at her phone and probably thinking “this isn’t a common
road no one is coming.” But you have to think and focus while on
the road, and don’t get in a rush because you could injure someone.

When I first got my
license, I would constantly change the music, this resulted in me
hitting a mailbox and losing a side mirror. Now, when I am driving, I
put on a playlist I like and set my phone down. I also tended to go
my own speed and stay too close to people in front of me because they
“weren’t going fast enough.” After almost rear-ending people
multiple times, I have learned that it’s better to be late to
things then putting myself and others in danger. Always stay focused
on the road, nothing is more important than your life.

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