In the Driver's Seat

Victoria Rollins

In the Driver’s Seat

An average of thirty-four thousand people die each year as a result of driving. People don’t realize how dangerous driving really is. Drivers ed is very important in this day and age. If we want to reduce the amount of fatalities from reckless drivers, then we need to enforce drivers ed way more than we do now. Some precautions we can take before driving to reduce risks include: driving sober, not buzzed, putting your phone away, not in your hand, watching the road and your speed, driving a safe car, and always being alert. I have almost been in a car wreck multiple times, some were because of me, but most were because other drivers were not paying attention and distracted. My mom was in a car wreck, the car flipped multiple times and I remember how I felt when she called me crying and scared. I was worried to death, however, she was not seriously injured, thank goodness. One of the times I almost got into a car wreck, my friend thought it would be funny to jerk my steering wheel while I was going sixty miles per hour and see what would happen. I remember I stomped on my breaks and yelled at her because it’s not funny to play around in a car. Playing around like that can get someone killed and it almost killed us. To become a better driver, I can stay off of my phone so I’m not distracted driving, and I could also encourage my friends and family members not to do that either. I can make sure my friends don’t try to drive under the influence of anything like drugs or alcohol, and if they try to I could call someone to pick them up. Driving safely is very important and I will defiantly be a safer driver, almost wrecking really opened up my eyes to be safe while driving.