Name: Hunter Marso
From: Brandon, South Dakota
Votes: 0
Educated
and Safe Teen Driving
As
a beginning teenager, driving is exciting! It is one of the few
things you get to look forward to in South Dakota as you turn
fourteen. There are few things that a teen wants to do more than hop
behind the wheel, start the engine, and begin driving a car for the
first time. As exciting as it may seem, there are a few
time-consuming steps that must be taken before they can do just that.
If
you are a parent, safety is the most important trait to consider for
your adolescent who is starting to drive for the first time. One very
efficient way to make sure your child learns the essential points of
driving is enrolling them in a Drivers ed Course. Driver
education not only lowers insurance costs, but it can also give a
teen confidence in knowing that they can handle the “scary” road
on their own and also gives them a little bit of experience to make
them more comfortable doing so. By taking a drivers ed course,
a new driver has less risk of causing a crash which therefore leads
to a smaller amount of nation-wide deaths caused by driving.
In
my household, car accidents are not taken lightly. Personally, I have
never been in an accident, but both of my parents have been involved
in multiple accidents, one of which when my mom was pregnant with me.
If anything else would have gone wrong, there is a possibility that
myself, and my mother, would not be here today. Thinking that is a
scary thought, but it is also why my family emphasizes on driving
without distractions. Driving without distractions in your car is
another step that you can take that leads to safe driving and less
crashes. There are a few instances where my friends were driving
irresponsibly, but simply telling them that it is not safe is not
going to always help, which is why you as a driver need to be even
safer when you are behind the wheel.
My
mom has always told me to act like every car on the road has my
sister behind the wheel (a 7 year old child). By doing this, it keeps
you much more alert while on the road which can help you avoid
possible accidents that may have happened if you were not paying as
much attention. A simple imaginary device like this is a good way to
be more attentive on an always not-so-safe road.
Although
I never took Drivers Ed myself, it is a great and effective way to
teach a learning teen the essentials of driving. It also
significantly reduces teen crashes, which is one way that can lead to
a lower number of deaths caused by driving. Drivers ed classes
also lower insurance costs on a new driver, and can give parents a
little more assurance knowing that their child is driving with
experience and knowledge they gained from a certified instructor.
