Driving with Safety

https://www.dmvedu.org/scholarship/

To apply, submit an essay of less than 500 words in Microsoft Word format addressing the following questions:

• What is the importance of drivers ed in reducing the number deaths as a result of driving?

• What steps can be taken to reduce the number of deaths related to driving?

• Have you ever had an experience of being in car accident or have seen your friends or family members driving irresponsibly?

• What steps can you take to be a better and safer driver as well as help others become safer on the road?

The importance of drivers ed in reducing the number of deaths as a result of driving is to make them aware of how important it is to know how to drive and how not to drive since having a license is almost synonymous with getting a weapon. Any wrong move could cause not only you to die but also someone else. The importance of driver education is to make sure people take driving a car seriously. It is not something that you can just jump into, turn a key, and go wherever you want to. It is something that can take you places, but it also is a great responsibility to ensure to keep not only you safe, but also others, and of course, the car itself.

The steps that can be taken to reduce the number of deaths related to driving is to have more people attend drivers ed as a mandatory step before receiving their license, along with making students/ people aware of the consequences of driving and to know the responsibility that comes with being behind the wheel. Also, it would be nice to be shown a scenario-based simulation to show when they do one wrong thing they can see the after-effects. One can learn from their mistakes and will take steps or do things to prevent it.

For me, personally, I have had many people within my family as well as school circle who have experienced car accidents due to irresponsible driving. But the one that impacted me the most would be the incident that my grandmother always talks about where she was a passenger in a car on the Big Island with her friends and almost saw the end of her life..a black tunnel with a bright light at the end of it. She could see heaven due to her one friend making a mistake while driving that killed her and ended up giving my grandmother and the others in the car severe injuries.

The steps that I can take to be a better and safer driver is to follow the rules of the road, to be patient when it is required, and to show aloha to other drivers and especially the pedestrians. Since in reality, seconds of careless driving which causes death is not worth it. Nothing is worth killing someone or dying. Life is precious and we shouldn’t squander it needlessly. A drivers ed is important because unlike learning from a family member or friend, it goes into more detail about driving.