Name: Aracely Sanchez
From: hollywood, FL
Votes: 0
I
remember that tragic day as if was yesterday. At first, I thought it
was a normal Monday, but during my second period, my teacher gave me
the news. I wish I could´ve hold the tears that were dripping out of
my eyes, it felt like a bad dream, something I could not wake up
from. I had lost Claudia, one of my closest friends, to a damned car
crash. Her boyfriend just picked her up from work, he was driving and
drunk. Her boyfriend survived, but I never saw Claudia again.
That
week was one of the hardest weeks I´ve been through. I couldn´t
bring myself to class, so I just stayed in bed, the whole day. Weeks
passed by, and I saw myself forced into getting out of bed and go to
class, I had a class with her, and that class which usually was so
fun, turned out to be a nightmare, I missed her so much, I still do.
Losing
such an important person as Claudia was to me, made me realize how
easily and fast the person we love the most could be gone forever.
Since then, I’ve learned the importance of, not only to seize the
time with your loved ones, but also how important is to drive safely,
because if you don´t, devastating accidents could happen. Simple
steps as not texting while driving or not driving drunk can reduce at
a massive rate the number of deaths in traffic accidents. There´s no
excuse to use your phone while driving and, nowadays, technology has
developed apps and settings for drivers to have less distractions at
the time of driving. Also, as simple as it may sound, you need to put
your seatbelt on, driver and every other passenger in the vehicle
must be safe in case of any accident that may occur. It is a priority
to always keep your eyes on the road, this will prevent you from
crashing against a tree and it will keep you alert in case a civilian
cross the street when he should not.
Never
forget how important is to drive safely, an accident could kill you,
it could kill kids, it could kill a mother, a brother, someone´s
family. So, whenever you´re thinking about drinking and driving
instead of calling an uber, or texting while driving, or not putting
your seatbelt on because you’re driving somewhere near, think about
your mother crying because you went to a party and never came back,
think about a kid crying because his father went to work and he never
saw him again, think that you could ruin not only your family, but
also someone else´s family.
