Driver Safety on the Road

Driver safety is huge problem in the United States, which should not be as big of an issue as it is. America has one of the highest death rates of drivers on the road than any other country in the world. The total of car accidents, deadly or not, a year is staggering. Every time I drive into the nearest city to my place of living I see at least one car accident or hear of a car accident on my local news. At least once every couple of weeks I hear about a fatal car accident that occurred near or around the area I reside in. The importance of improved or amended drivers ed could show a significant change in the car accident rates in the United States. Other countries make it more difficult for their citizens to obtain their drivers license. If the United States would make obtaining a license more difficult and drivers’ education more intense there would be less accidents across the country. With more intense and stricter drivers ed in the United States we could reduce accidents quite a bit. Even if we went as far to start sending people to college or to get specific schooling to only learn how to educate people properly and thoroughly on driving. With this there could also be more steps implemented to reduce death rates. As I have said before they could make obtaining a license more rigorous, educate instructors to a higher level to allow more proper and thorough teachings, or even amend the way driver education is taught all together.

I have had plenty of family members drive irresponsibly, mostly driving at high speeds, which is an endangerment to other drivers lives. High speeds have killed one of my closest family friends and has injured many more. Every one of them had been operating the vehicle when that happened. I was not in the car at these times, but they are car accidents and irresponsible driving that has been and effected my life.

Some steps I could take to be a better driver is to use cruise control whenever possible, especially in zones where the speed limit is higher than 70 miles per hour. I could listen to the music lower as a driver in case anyone honks or my car makes a strange noise. I could also educate more people on what I was taught in drivers’ education. I remember a lot of useful facts from the course and try to inform people of them when they do not know a certain traffic law. I could inform people on what they could improve in their driving while on the road to help prevent them or others from getting hurt. Helping teach some of my family members who weren’t lucky enough to take a drivers’ course what they should and shouldn’t while on the road. Give constructive criticism and nudges in the right direction on how to become a safer driver for themselves and others around them.