Driver Education Initiative – Drivers Intiative

Being an educated
and smart driver is extremely important when you’re on the road.
Knowing the rules of the road keeps you and fellow drivers as well.
Driving is an extremely big responsibility that’s why it’s of the
utmost importance that you understand the rules of the road. The
reality that a drivers ed class must be taken in order to even get
your temps shows just how vital having knowledge about the proper
conduct on the road is. By completing drivers education it limits
the amount of deaths on the road because drivers understand what is
not to be done while driving and how to avoid being in dangerous
situations. For example, drivers ed teaches those how to recognize
what a one-way street is so that you turn the correct way and avoid a
head on collision. It also does a wonderful job at stressing the
importance of wearing seat belts to make sure that you have a higher
chance at surviving if you do find yourself in an accident. As
touched on before, wearing a seatbelt is an easy and proven way to
reduce the number of deaths while driving. Another thing that can be
done is to make sure that the vehicle you are driving is in good
shape and that the important parts of the car are properly
functioning like brakes, blinkers, and headlights. It’s also
important that you as the driver are in a good mental and physical
condition. One more step that you can take to limit the number of
both accidents and deaths on the road is to drive defensively.
Driving defensively means being aware of what others are doing and
predicting their actions to help you avoid an accident. You also need
to adjust your driving to the weather conditions. One of the toughest
conditions to drive in snow, but it can be managed by driving slower,
braking earlier, and allowing more time for travel. Lastly, the most
important thing that can be done to limit auto fatalities is to stay
off your cell phone while driving!! This is one of the most common
irresponsible things that I see my friends do while driving, and the
other popular one is not wearing a seat belt. What I can do to on the
road to be a better driver is to drive the speed limit and drive
defensively. Something that I can do to help those on the road with
me is using my blinker so that others are aware of what my intended
actions are.