Americas Deadliest Killer

When I started attending my drivers ed class I thought I already knew everything and didn’t think I even needed to take the class. But while in the class, there was so much information about how to drive and everything you have to pay attention to while driving. We were shown many videos of teenagers who were driving distracted and were in an accident and not only hurt the other people involved but now their life is also changed. The importance I learned from this class is how driving is a privilege and its something that is very important and serious. By taking drivers ed it teaches teenagers how by one second of distraction can be the one second you can be the time to create a wreck and kill yourself and the other people who were involved.

First people should start by turning on do not disturb before you get in the car so you won’t be distracted about any notifications. Second place your phone in a bag or your cars console so it is at a hard to reach place so you won’t be tempted to get on your phone. Some people do need to take calls while driving such as business people, doctors, or anyone on call for work, and something those people can do it gets a bluetooth connection from their cars that connect to their phones. By them using bluetooth they can answer phone calls by their radio and they won’t have to pick up their phones and cause risks to themselves and other people.

My best friend was apart of a really bad wreck. His car flipped off the road into a ditch, and he had to crawl out of the back of his window. But this wreck was caused by distracted driving, not someone elses but his own distraction. He dropped something on the floor of his car and was trying to pick it up, and he overcorrected the wheel going around a sharp curve and ended up flipping. Thank goodness he or someone else wasn’t seriously injured. Driving is something people don’t take seriously, they think it is something easy to do and they don’t have to worry about anything. Driving in America is the deadliest killer among us, especially distracted driving.

As I have been driving with my license for a year, which a newer driver, I always put my phone in my book bag or purse while driving so I won’t be tempted to look at my phone. My phone is connected to my bluetooth in my car so when my parents call me I answer it from my car without picking up my phone. Making the road safer for people is making people more aware of their surroundings and showing them what can happen from distracted driving. Distracted driving is the deadliest killer among us and we don’t see that distracted driving is all around us and in one split second our lives can be changed forever.