The Life Decisions made by Drivers

Ermias Wogari

The Life Decisions made in Drivers

It was dark outside. The road looked clear. I was sitting on the passenger seat looking at which song I should play next, not knowing what was to come in a couple of seconds. My friend was driving 50 mph on the road when deer leaped to the road hitting the right side of the bumper. Luckily for us, the deer didn’t jump on the window, because if it did jump 2 feet in the air toward me, I wouldn’t be typing this essay. I also had a friend in high school that was killed when a car was speeding and hit his car as he was at a red light. To me, drivers ed is extremely important. If we would have driven slower that night and if that person would have understood the importance to slow down, tragedies like this would have never happened.

As a driver, to stop these incidents from occurring I believe the age to get a license should increase from 16 to 17. It might not seem to have any purpose; however, this extra year of brain development can make a big difference in the choice’s young drivers do and will decrease the chances of accidents occurring according to idriversafety.com. If I would have gotten more time to practice driving and if I would have been older, I would have never got into my first accident as a 16-year-old. The age to get a driver’s license must increase. As an 18-year-old college student, driving is my way of transportation from home to school. As a driver, I want to stop having one hand on my phone talking or changing music, while I have my mother hand on the wheel. This practice is very dangerous because it something happens, I won’t have the proper control of the car by just having one hand. I can also stop exceeding the speed limit because by going faster I am endangering other drivers that are near me, whether it’s hitting a car from the back or not stopping fast enough to an unexpected and incoming pedestrian.

According to the statistics provided, it is not acceptable at all that 34,000 lives a year on average should be taken away due to car accidents. I believe there should be more action done such as increasing the age to get a license and teaching more about driver safety so that this number can decrease much more. After all, would you want your child to drive around people who were not properly trained in driver safety?