Name: Aja Alexander
From: Lawrenceville, NJ
Votes: 0
Our
drivers need to be protected by protecting ourselves as drivers. It
is not enough to simply pass drivers ed and earn a license but
practicing safe driving helps ourselves and saves the lives of others
on the road. All roads are shared so it is important to utilize
taught safe-driving techniques to prevent accidents and deaths.
Firstly,
drivers ed is essential in reducing the number of deaths
because these techniques teach drivers the rules of the road and the
importance of sharing the road. For example, drivers education
teaches students about traffic lights, rules, and lane markings.
Without proper indication of street lights and marking, a broken lane
can easily be mistaken for a pass or a car parked wrong on the
street. Students need to be aware of basic techniques so they are
able to build on them. Once students are able to decipher which lanes
are passible or which signs mean certain things, they are able to
increase their reaction time, decreasing death in drivers.
Secondly,
taking steps such as teaching different state driving laws can be
essential to decreasing the amount of deaths because a great majority
of the time drivers drive outside their native state, so knowing
different laws and signs can be beneficial to drivers who are unsure
of which sign means which. Even simple means of knowing the correct
speed of school and residential zone can save a child’s life.
I
have experienced being in a car crash when I was a small child from
the result of a driver who drive outside of their lane. This accident
could have been avoided had the driver looked at his lane correctly.
Last
but certainly not least, becoming a safe driver does not happen
overnight but taking careful steps such as waiting 2-3 seconds after
a green light occurs, obeying local speed laws and signaling can save
my life as well as others. Not to mention being a designated driver
if a friend is too intoxicated.
In
conclusion, safe driving needs to be rigorously instructed because
many people lose their life simply from getting to one destination to
the other. Driving is a privilege and should remain as such.
