The best way to solve any specific driving problem is to improve the total driving culture in general. The best way to prevent dangerous driving is not to drive at all. However, many people do not have this option. The best way to teach new drivers how to drive safely is to educate people before they are able to drive. Schools often focus on subjects that are easy to test in, but there are many life topics that are more important for students but unfortunately do not get taught. Although there is a driving school, it is also important to get familiar with the laws surrounding driving before you get a license. It is especially helpful for non-drivers to get educated about the rules around driving. For example, I bike to school every day, but I do not have a driver's education. Although I do not plan to drive soon, it would be helpful to learn what the different road signs or light patterns of cars mean. I recently saw that cars would flicker their lights when they wanted me to turn. I did not know about this cue, but gaining driving knowledge may help avoid accidents. Although I have not gotten into any accidents, everyone should know these rules to be safe, whether they drive, take public transportation, walk, or bike. This is why we should start teaching life skills like communication, social skills, and traffic education in schools. Putting emphasis on the statistics about things like texting while driving could also help drivers be safer, which makes pedestrians safer as well. Knowing the risks is a strong motivator to be safe. Another approach that can be implemented as a teaching tool is driving simulators. This way, their knowledge of the signs, rules, regulations, and driving skills can be practiced and tested without risk to them and others before they get their driver’s license. The driving simulators could also have built-in distractors and demonstrate the influence of texting-while-driving simulations on their driving performance and the risk of getting into an accident. Another thing that can be done is that the media can repeat catchy slogans like “Don’t drink and drive”, “a little care makes accidents rare”, etc. This could help change the public’s perspective and actions because of the change in social norms. Psychological and social norms can have a huge effect on the actions of people, and can further build support to change laws that would not have normally been changed. Another approach to increase safe driving is to routinely check road cameras randomly to identify people who do not drive safely. If we see someone who breaks driving rules like drunk driving, then we can take action like fining them or requiring them to retake their driving test. It might be helpful to install more cameras for this purpose. It would also be helpful to see if there are particular areas where people often break the rules because then we could figure out the underlying cause of the issue. The road may be shaped in a way where drivers do not know what to do and accidentally break the rules. The same applies if there is a lack of signs or stoplights. The testing of driving should also be changed. Instead of simply testing whether people know what certain situations call for or what a sign means, we should instead test how drivers will drive over an extended period of time. If drivers are tested for a short period of time, they may be extra cautious to follow the rules and drive better than they normally do. However, if there is a camera or logging of how a driver drives over a span of multiple days, then we can more accurately determine someone’s driving ability. We would probably only video outside the car because of privacy concerns of being filmed the whole time, but we would see how close the car gets to others, etc. We should test multiple different things like whether they turn on their blinker or whether they get honked at by other cars. While studies show that periodical testing does not improve driving ability, these tests are more representative of the real world. People would forget about driving extra cautiously and would drive how they normally would. Although I have never driven myself, I am part of traffic and unlike cars, have no protection around me. I know how important safe driving is, and other people should too.