Name: Christina Purnell
From: Alpharetta, GA
Votes: 0
Driver
Education Initiative
Christina
Purnell
7
August 2019
Take
Action, Stay Safe!
By
far the most riveting aspect of transitioning from childhood to
adulthood is driving. Driving comes with the freedom of being able to
go wherever you want without having to worry about someone else’s
schedule and availability to take you. However, driving also comes
with a great responsibility because no matter how freeing it is it
can be fatal to you and others if you aren’t careful and educated
about road safety. A way to ensure cautiousness and the utilization
of safe driving in order to reduce deaths on the road, all young and
new drivers should take a drivers education class.
Driver’s
education is essential in decreasing road fatalities because it
educates new drivers about the importance of road safety and warns
them about the possible outcomes of reckless driving. Many drivers
don’t take the caution they should when driving. They become
distracted by their phones or may even drive under the influence. By
taking early action in educating new drivers and the generations to
come after of road safety we can decrease the amount of highway
fatalities and increase the caution of drivers in order to reduce
accidents.
I
have never been driving and been in a car accident personally, but I
have been passenger to a few. Someone who used to be with my family a
lot and therefore drove us many places had a terrible habit of
shifting his eyes from the road to make eye contact with people when
they spoke to him when he drove. One day, we were on the way home
from church and he was talking to my mom. At the same time as he
averted his eyes from the road, the car in front of us made an abrupt
stop. By the time he looked back at the road it was too late to stop,
and we rammed into the back of a woman’s car who was leaving our
church as well. My mom’s brand-new Audi was totaled and when the
police arrived at the scene, he refused to admit that it was his
fault. Instead, he tried to blame the woman for stopping too hard
even though he was the one who wasn’t paying attention. That
experience taught me to never take my eyes off the road and to be
cautious of my surroundings. If our youth is encouraged to take
drivers ed, which is offered at most schools, then our
roads will be much safer for young drivers and everyone else.
