Name: Amarah Gray
From: Atlanta, Georgia
Votes: 0
Driver
education is something often overlooked by many people, but it is
very important. If you are not educated on the driving laws and
policies, you do not deserve to operate a vehicle that could kill you
and others. During my junior year of high school, I took part of the
“Every Fifteen Minutes” program. The program provided a live
drunk driving simulation with people I went to school with. It was a
very emotional experience that really put things in perspective for
me. The program really made me into an advocate for distracted
driving and putting down the phone while you drive. I think making
programs like this worldwide, is one way to take steps to reduce the
numbers of deaths related to driving. Another way to reduce
driving-related deaths, is to change the phone laws across the United
States and have more police being strict with these laws. Personally,
I have been in a car accident due to distracted driving. I have been
in many cars with friends and family members where I take their
phones or help them to stay focused on driving. The steps I take to
be a better and safer driver is, to have my friends answer texts for
me while I’m driving, I have a set playlist that plays so I don’t
have to change the music on my phone, and I also put my phone in
driving mode which turns off notifications while I’m driving. I
also think another way to combat this high number of driving-related
deaths, is to raise the driving age. In my opinion, there should be a
country wide driver-education course all children have to take in
school before they are even able to get their learners permit. In
this course children would be tested on the driving laws for not only
the state they live in, but how driving over state lines works and
how the laws change by state. This will provide children with the
same standard drivers ed, and inform them of the laws before
they get behind the wheel.
