Name: Madison A Troxel
From: Tucson, AZ
Votes: 0
Drivers ed in the Real World
Driver
Education is importance in reducing the amount of deaths due to
driving because when people take drivers ed courses, they
are able to learn the importance of driving laws. When taking these
classes, you learn how to drive properly and what driving practices
can help to keep you safe. Drivers ed, in my opinion, helps
so many people understand the importance of staying safe on the road
and to understand the full effects of unsafe driving practices. The
steps that can be taken in order to reduce the amount of deaths is to
make a drivers ed course mandatory to everyone that wants to get
their license. I know that a drivers ed course is only mandatory
for people under the age of eighteen, but I believe that it should be
mandatory to everyone applying for a driver’s license. Also, I
think another good step would be to obey all traffic laws and to not
be a distracted driver. Distracted driving is the cause of so many
accidents, and I think that reducing these would be beneficial for
the world as a whole. The last step I think would be good is if every
couple years you had to redo your drivers ed course as a
refresher because people get comfortable with driving. As they become
more comfortable, they become less cautious, causing them to lose
focus easily on the road. I was in a car accident when I was twelve
years old. My mom was driving, and we were coming back from my
grandparents’ house. A truck had gotten off on the wrong exit and
to correct himself, had swerved over to the left four lanes. By the
time my mom knew what had happened, he had slammed into us. It was an
extremely scary moment in my life, and I hope that only a small
amount of people have to experience this. We were lucky enough for
everyone to be safe, but I could not imagine what would have happened
if we were driving faster and also participating in reckless driving.
I think I can become a safer driver by always using my hands free
devices because using your phone in the car can become an extremely
dangerous circumstance. In order to keep my friends driving safe, I
think they could completely have their phones away because sometimes
they start texting and have to swerve out of the way. This is
extremely terrifying to me because your entire life can change in the
blink of an eye just to read a text message that probably is not even
that important.
