Distractions

Distractions

I
would consider myself a fairly young driver, I’ve been driving just
shy of a year. But in that time, I have found three crucial aspects:

1. NEVER
   take risks that you have even a slight doubt about making

2. Always
   be attentive and eliminate distractions

3. NEVER
   drive impaired

These
key factors have come from both experience but largely from my
drivers ed course. Personally I feel that simply taking parent taught
driving courses just isn’t enough anymore. Most often, teens easily
take shortcuts and don’t fully pay attention to the lesson at hand
when watching the videos online in the comforts of their home.
Furthermore, they easily skip logged driving hours with their
parents, and can easily pick up bad habits from the way their parents
laxly drive. With me being a former student who was forced into
attending courses through Austin Driving school, I have definitely
seen the benefits of actually having to attend a class and get logged
drive and watching hours. Within the class, they show you a series of
videos that quite literally scare you into driving safely. These
videos help us to realise the fatal outcomes of reckless and careless
driving, and show that these events can happen to anyone.
Furthermore, the logged drive times help tremendously because most
high schoolers argue with their parents over small things while
driving. But in the car with a stranger, they are much more likely
to listen. The Drive times through schools are also more
informational because students are in the car with trained
professionals. Personally I have never been in an accident due to my
lack of judgment or distracted driving, but I definitely have been
rear-ended by people who were simply too comfortable and expressed a
huge lack of judgment.

Overall
I feel that in school drivers ed is much more informative and safe
than parents taught. By doing away with parent taught drivers
education and forcing people to go through the class and attend the
seven drive times, I feel that is could truly reduce the number of
wrecks and stupid mistakes people make since they will be more
informed from the videos and advice given through the drive times.
But drivers ED can only help inform people on the risks they’re
taking, it can’t prevent it.Therefore, we need to always drive like
everyone else on the road is an idiot. Don’t assume that the man
with his blinker on is gonna turn, don’t assume that the child on
the crosswalk isn’t gonna dart out in the road, and never assume
that it can’t happen to you. We put our lives in danger every day,
but if everyone could drive defensively and eliminate distractions,
the road would be a much safer place.