Before It's Too Late

Imai 2

Sakura Imai

30 November 2019

Before It’s Too Late

Screech! Bong! The sour odor of iron with the mixture of her scent filled my nose. Oozing blood painted the monotone asphalt bright red, which spread as if a lycoris had just bloomed. It was that easy how people die. I had witnessed a friend of mine get hit by a truck long ago right in front of me. Though it was only a mere second, the driver of the truck who gave her attention to another rather than the road caused one death of an innocent child. I came to realize from the early childhood experience of the dangers that exist on the road as well as the sinfulness of those irresponsible drivers.

As people get used to driving, as time goes by they often forget about what exactly they have learned from drivers ed. This must be prevented due to its effectiveness in reducing the number of deaths caused by driving. Drivers ed provides drivers with the necessary knowledge that is to be kept at all times when driving. It supports them to gain skills that should be used at times in need. The written tests and on-road tests scale the safety levels along determining people’s applicability as a driver. Those essential driver’s academic reduces the risk of future accidents and the death rate from driving. If those people were to forget about what they have learned, then the existence of drivers ed would lose its meaning, which eventually would cause total havoc, such as that driver who murdered my friend back then.

Other than the proper drivers ed, such ways to decrease the number of deaths from driving include reminding what has been taught from drivers ed, being extra safe for whatever actions took, and keeping in mind all possible consequences that could come true because of themselves. Just by doing so would definitely lower the death rate due to the fact that those ways raise the awareness of the drivers so that they are more careful than others who do not.

Besides my friend that passed, my mother also experienced a car accident as well. I was even younger back then in kindergarten and my mother had a side collision with another car while I was still at school. It left her a severe arm injury on the right arm all the way to the hand, which she had to get a special electronic treatment every once in a while. My mother nowadays though it has been a long time still struggles with her disability on her arm.

For myself and others to become better, and most of all safer driver, I would share this story and remind both me and others that driving always consist of threats. Whether it is major or minor, it is incredibly crucial to keep in mind that even a second of distraction and absence of focus to the road could lead to major accidents that might cause death. Please drive safe.