Why Driver's Education is Important

DMV Writing

Driver’s Education is very important in preventing teen deaths. My school does offer a Drivers ed course to all students. During the in the car portion of Drivers ed, the students are able to develop good driving habits in the presence of a trained professional. I was fortunate enough to have parents that are good drivers, and they were able to teach me good habits before I took the class. However, for students who are not this fortunate, this could be the difference between life and death.

Many new drivers look straight down at the lines right in front of the car. In the Drivers ed class, the instructor helps to form the habit of looking farther down the road. Looking ahead can add critical time that can reduce the risk of an accident. Making a Drivers ed class mandatory could further reduce driving related deaths in teens. During the class a few videos were shown of teens that were driving recklessly and died as a result. The videos go on to show the anguish of the family. A few of the students in my Drivers ed class drove recklessly because they though it was fun. After watching these videos, they no longer drove recklessly because they did not want to hurt their families. I have never been in a car accident, but I have seen what can happen when people drive too recklessly. During my freshman year of high school, a senior was driving 90 MPH on a road with a posted speed limit of 40 MPH. The driver only faced minor injuries, but everyone knew that he lost his license. He asked the Drivers ed teacher to tell his story of how he lost his license, but more importantly how if he would have hit another car instead of a telephone pole he could have killed someone.

The federal government should create grants that would allow all schools to have a Drivers ed program, because there is nothing more important than saving lives. The government has already proven that they care about education through the creation of the Common Core Curriculum. They should create curriculum that can save lives, and one of the most important classes to save lives is Driver’s Education. Additionally, very rarely on the local news do they show car accidents because they do not seem that interesting, but if people heard about more accidents from driving errors they would be more likely to critique their own driving habits. There are many steps that can be taken to lower the risk of death from car accidents, but nothing is more effective than a Drivers ed course.