On the Road

Mikaela Mendoza

21 November 2019

On The Road

In my year of driving, there have been many things that I have seen when on the road. As much as I wanted to help, there has never really been an opportunity for me to express my opinions on public safety on the road. Although my time on the road has been short, I have seen more than 7 accidents. Each one I continued to ask myself the same question. What can I do in order to create a better environment for myself and others on the road? According to the association for safe international road travel, there are about 3,278 deaths on the road everyday. There are many factors that I think would help increase safety on the road, and drivers ed is a huge part in that.

Drivers ed, as tedious as it may be, is a factor of creating a safer place for people to drive. In many states, the age to drive legally is younger than 18, which means there are many children on the road. I know better than to think that kids would be fine on the road with no extra help. I think that the drivers ed courses help in reducing the number of deaths because of the things that children are taught during those classes. They learn to properly and safely signal, turn, and control the way that they drive. I think the key to stop accidents is to not be distracted while driving, and to continue to do what the drivers ed courses are teaching you. Although I’ve never experienced the devastation of an accident first hand, I know how the lives of people are affected every day by the deaths and hospitalizations caused by road irresponsibility.

In conclusion, I feel that driving requires people to have their full attention on the road. There should be no reason for anyone to get injured while on the road except for uncontrollable factors. I pray that one day, people will take drivers ed and driving more seriously so that less people will get injured.