Devoted to Safety In the Drivers Seat

Education is the way anyone learns anything. Whether it is education from another person, or education from experience, we all learn from knowledge. I remember in drivers ed, I was educated on the risks of impaired driving. After learning about this, I was afraid to drink and drive, or drive with any amount of distraction, which is exactly what drivers ed was trying to achieve. Not just warnings of the drunk driving consequences, but the education of how bad driving can lead to death, is meant to get new drivers to recognize the risks and be more careful. Teaching drivers to be considerate of others is the best way to prevent deaths on the road. We all share the roads, and are therefore responsible for protecting the safety of others in addition to ourselves and our passengers. Impatient and reckless driving does not tend to get one anywhere faster, and only endangers those around us who are experiencing the same delays and frustrations. No texting and driving, and no driving drunk are the two best ways to have safer roads. Growing up, I was around people who would text and drive. They would not get in a car accident, but I would always warn them the risks of texting while driving-even when they didn’t want to hear it. I would recite the unbelievably true facts and statistics that were told to me in drivers ed. While on the road today, as a young teenage driver, I try to keep my music at an appropriate level, make sure everyone in the vehicle has their seatbelt on, and actually drive the speed limit. Though following the speed limit is not always accepted by my passengers or those behind me on the highway, I am aware that going 55 instead of 60 could be the difference between life and death for myself or someone else. Whenever I am rushed, I remind myself that an extra five miles per hour to get somewhere three minutes faster is not worth anyone's life.