Name: Esabella Diaz
From: Orlando, Florida
Votes: 0
WARNING:
Drive At Your Own Risk
40,000
fatal car accidents happen each year, meaning that more than 90
citizens die from this each day. Let that sink in for a moment.
Seeing statistics and hearing about survivor’s horror stories would
make you not even want to leave your house to drive to the grocery
store that is a few miles away! It is hard to believe that people
who passed their driver’s license test could make the deadly
decision to text or drive while drunk. That is why drivers ed
is so crucial to being taught to everyone driving on the road to
enforce the precautions drivers have to take in order to be safe on
the road.
What
people can do and must do in order to remain safe on the road with
other fellow drivers are to stow away their phone so they don’t get
distracted at any point; this rule applies even at the red light.
Another step that can be taken to reduce the probability of a car
accident occurring is to not drive drunk—if someone drinks alcohol
at a party they should find a trusted friend or family member that is
sober to get behind the wheel and drop them off at home safely. This
action may just save potential victims from a car accident.
Another
reason car accidents occur are that teenagers typically—like to act
cool in front of their friends; that includes swerving on the road to
the beat of a song, blasting the music so loud that no one can hear
if sirens are going off around them, and they aren’t focusing on
their surroundings. There have also been many accidents where if the
victim were to have worn their seatbelt then their injuries wouldn’t
have been fatal. Be smarter and safer not cooler and careless!
I’ve
never been in a serious car accident, I’ve only experienced the
simple fender bender from the car behind me at a red light because
they were not paying attention since they were texting. The little
bump they did to my car at the red light could have been much more
drastic and possibly fatal if I got hit by the car going even 50
miles per hour. The steps I will take to become a better and safer
driver are to turn my notifications off while I am driving so I don’t
feel the urge to look at my phone and get distracted. Also in the
future when I am legal to drink—and I go out to party I will tell a
trusted friend or family member where I am going and to be my
designated driver in case I do drink.
Driving
is a privilege. It’s something that can easily be taken away by a
peek at your phone or too many sips of alcohol. Be cautious every
time you’re driving, you don’t know who you’ll bump into!
