Name: Faith Cara Schwarting
From: Smithtown, New York
Votes: 0
It was a cold, and foggy night when my grandparents left a family
party. He drove his minivan and she drove her car behind him. They
had an extra car because my Uncle, their son left the party in his
friend’s car. Following behind, my grandpa made the green light,
but my grandma stopped to obey the red light. She watched a car come
speeding through the red light striking my grandpa’s minivan. When
the light turned green she turned to see my grandpa’s minivan had
hit a tree. My grandpa died that night.
When it became time to drive, my mom took me to a parking lot. I was
so excited to start driving and mad that I could only drive around a
small area. I didn’t realize how difficult it was to park. How to
get into a spot between the lines was challenging. When I was able to
pull out onto a main road, there were so many factors to consider.
There was speed, distance, traffic signs, lights, and people in front
and behind me. My mom realized I needed lessons. After several
lessons, I started feeling confident. However, it was not until
drivers ed classes that I really learned.
Not only did I learn how to safely share the road with others, and
how to handle a motor vehicle, there are safety precautions to follow
as well. Most important to me is not to drink and drive. The 17 year
old boy that crashed into my grandfather was drinking. Think of the
weather conditions and the situation you are in. This boy was caught
fooling around with his girlfriend and his dad scolded him and told
him to drive the girlfriend home. Scared and under the influence this
boy drove on a dark, and foggy night. He was driving faster than the
speed limit which is something learned in class not to do. Also,
common sense should have let him know to drive slower that night.
That happened 24 years ago. Nowadays something as important that I
learned in class is not to use the cell phone. The videos we watched
in class will always remind me not to text and drive. Imagine, a mom
texted her daughter when her daughter was driving. She texted her mom
back, crashed and died. Driving is serious and I’m glad I took
Drivers ed to learn how to be safe. The funny thing I
learned as well are what signs mean. What’s funny is I taught me
mom some signs that she was not familiar with. If anything you have
learned from my essay is that I highly recommend taking Driver’s
Education classes.
