Name: Zackary Forester Pope
From: McKinney, TX
Votes: 0
Driving
is a good skill to have, but it can also be very dangerous. It’s
estimated that about 34,000 people die each year as a result of
driving. That’s more deaths than the Iraq War and the War in
Afghanistan combined! Thus, it’s very important to be a safe
educated driver.
Drivers
education is helpful in reducing the number of deaths, crashes, and
tickets per year. It teaches you the proper way to drive in traffic,
what to do when there are other bad drivers, how to avoid a
collision, how to avoid tickets, and how to drive safely and
responsibility. With proper education such as this it will teach
drivers to be more aware and safer in general. Drivers that have not
received drivers ed are more likely to get into a car crash
because they don’t know what to do in a certain situation or proper
rules such as who has the right of way.
There
are many steps that can be taken to reduce the deaths that are
related to driving. One of the biggest steps are eliminating
distracted driving. With technology and innovation becoming more
advanced than ever, texting and driving is on the rise. Texting while
driving takes your eyes off the road, and when you’re paying
attention to the road you’re so much more at risk to crash.We need
a device that turns off phones completely while the car is in motion.
This will help lower the amount of deaths by a lot.
I
have had an experience where someone I know was driving
irresponsibly. A friend of mine used to take me to school when I was
younger; before I could drive. They drove way over the speed limit,
and texted and played games on their phone while the car was in
motion. It made me feel very scared for my safety. It made me very
nervous for school that day too. Had they not done these things, I
would have felt safer.
For
me to be safer on the road, I can speed less. I tend to speed when
I’m in a hurry, and I should be more conscious about my speed
because I could end of rear ending someone or running a red light if
im not paying attention. For others to be safer on the road they can
avoid things such as speeding, distracted driving, having a car with
advanced safety features, and being more aware, and having previous
drivers ed. If these things are practiced more often, we
can lower the of deaths associated with driving per year.
