In
the famous words of clinical psychologist, Jordan Peterson, each
person has a system of values they follow to navigate life.
Successful people are the ones who structure it to tailor their needs
first. When speaking on the topic of drivers ed and deaths
associated with it, most people do not have a high enough value
system to where their lives are first. We are currently facing a
technological revolution where we are more connected than we used to
be, which means we can interact with one another more than we used
to. This is one of my major problems with social media as a whole.


Before
I give my critique, social media is an amazing platform for many
things such as helping provide a creative outlet for people to
express themselves, creating a network of support for facing the
troubles of life, more specifically, mental health, and serves as a
new means for people to make money. On the other hand, social media
is a real distraction for people that inhibits their value system to
be successful and look out for themselves. Since we are so connected,
many people face the problem of comparing themselves to others on the
platforms since everyone's life is broadcasted at your fingertips.
This now hurts your value system and now your hierarchy puts the
perceptions of others in front of yourself. This is why we see people
on the road using insta stories and snapchat to broadcast themselves,
instead of putting their needs first, and reaching their destination.


Driver
education is more than just sitting in a classroom to talk about the
dangers of the road or making propaganda for teens to stop texting
and driving. It falls back on the value system of self. If you are in
the car by yourself, you should put your life first and have the
common sense to put the phone down while using a 2,000 to 4,000 pound
metal machine. In addition, if you are in the car with someone, the
ownership falls on you to let the driver know they should take their
life and yours more seriously by not broadcasting themselves to a
world that cares nothing about them. If people do small things such
as putting the phone in the cupholder while driving, this is the most
education people need to drastically decrease car accidents and
deaths.


I
am so passionate about this topic because I am not just a person
critiquing the situation of using technology while driving. I have
fallen prone to using my phone in the car which resulted in me
crashing into another car. I was on my way back to college when I was
changing a song on Spotify, while also trying to merge into an
expressway loop, and crashed into a mother and her child. This was
one of the scariest times of my life, and I vowed to never play on my
phone while driving again. Luckily, no one was hurt.