Safe Driving

Driving is one of the most dangerous things people do every day. With the advancements made in the past few decades cars have now peaked lethal top speeds that make any careless driver a threat to others. Therefore, it is important to always drive safely and for society to ensure that every driver is responsible and ready to drive. One-way society tries to make sure that every driver is safe and responsible is through drivers ed classes. These classes are important because they teach students about the proper driving safety as well as what an happen if someone doesn’t drive safe. If it weren’t for these classes, there would be many more dangerous drivers on the road who are simply ignorant to the dangers they pose to themselves and others. While these classes are very helpful in preventing drivers from driving ignorantly there are still dangerous drivers who don’t care that they endanger others. Also, even if someone is always diligent when they drive, accidents can happen at any time. In order to prevent deaths from these kinds of circumstances both roads and vehicles must be made safer. Vehicles are steadily increasing in safety with many being designed to absorb the impact of a crash to keep the driver and passenger’s safe. In fact, new vehicles do an exceptional job of sacrificing themselves to save the people in them. If a person looks at images of an accident involving newer vehicles, they may think that “they don’t make them like they used to” due to how damaged the vehicle will appear to be. However, all the excessive damage seen on the vehicle is damage that didn’t directly impact the people in the car. As for safer roads one relatively new technology is a new type of guard rail along roads made with a type of rolling bumper to allow cars to safely slide along until they stop instead of slamming into, or through, traditional guard rails. Implementation of these safety measures, and others like them, will considerably reduce the number of deaths via accidents in the future. While I have never been in a major accident, I was in a minor one when I was very young, I have seen the effects a high-speed crash can have on a human body. Our drivers ed teacher was smart and made sure we knew what could happen if we drove dangerously by showing videos of car crashes caused by reckless driving. Also, my aunt was recently in the hospital because she was hit by a reckless driver evading the police. She is fine now however when she was first put in the hospital she looked to be in bad shape. Seeing what can happen when someone drives recklessly has made me drive safely, for both my own safety and others. This includes obeying all traffic laws and not being stupid, no loud music when in traffic or messing around with friends while driving. These measures are how I stay safe while driving.