Name: Kendra Lemke
From: Yuma, AZ
Votes: 0
Kendra
Lemke
March
28, 2019
Deers
Do Not Care for Road Safety
A
car is a moving hunk of metal that people can, most of the time,
control with a flick of their wrists. With that in mind, it is also
as easy to lose control of the car with simple negligence that can
severally harm or kill anything. To reduce the potential risk of
negligence, drivers would first need to figure out what the
distractions are and how to prevent them. This is where driver
education comes in, and it’s importance. It teaches drivers the
road risks and what is the best course of action against them. For me
to be a better driver is to be constantly vigilant of what is going
around me as I drive and slow down if there is someone on the side of
the road and makes sure there is a noticeable distance between the
other drivers and me. One story of mine with the importance of
drivers ed was when my dad hit a deer. When we lived in
Wisconsin, we lived in the middle of a forest. Like many forests,
this forest had deers that occasionally walk across the road to get
to the other side. As deers do not possess a reason to explore a
drivers ed course, they do what they want with disregard of
others safety. One night, when we were heading to the neighboring
town, a deer decided to commit suicide by leaping to the side of our
car. I say it was suicide for the reason that it managed to leap from
the pitch black trees on the other side of the road into one of our
headlights in five seconds. Now the first reaction when a five-foot
object flings itself into your car is to swerve around it. That is a
bad choice since the object will hit you, but now to a more
vulnerable area to our squishy bodies. The proper way to avoid to hit
a deer is if you are able to see the deer try to stay on your lane
and firmly brake. Just before you hit, the deer remove your foot off
the brake in make the nose of the car go up reducing the chance of
the deer hitting your windshield. Subsequently, pull to the side,
turn on your hazard lights, and call the police to dispose of the
deer. We called the sheriff to come to pick up the deer and the
following morning we sent our car to be fixed. A week later we
collected our car back and the bloody deer’s family checked up on
us by blocking the exit of the parking lot. So in short, be aware of
your surroundings because mother nature and her creatures do not care
for the rules of the road.
