Name: Roger Castillo
From: Des Moines, Iowa
Votes: 0
The
summer of 2018 is when I took Driver’s ED. According to my parents
I did not need to have any prior driving experience since apparently,
I’d be learning how to drive there, but boy where they wrong. It
was clear to me that I was not ready to be out in the streets all
alone after my first few drives. Prior to me attending my first
Drivers Ed class I never thought about the dangers of driving. To
me driving 25 and up miles per hour in a multi-thousand object made
up of various metals felt secure. During Drivers Ed I became aware
of the fact that driving kills, through the photos of vehicle
accidents and the damage passengers suffer. In general, whether its
learning how to drive, learning a new math concept, or just trying to
improve on anything, practice and experience are key. These are two
things that come with Drivers Ed, through driving with a
professional to driving more consistently a person can gain better
judgement and develop good driving habits. So, this is where Drivers
Education comes in reducing deaths, through drivers education people
are actually getting hands on experience with driving, through more
experience comes good judgement and better driving habits. The
younger the people can develop good driving habits the less prone
they will become to committing infractions such as speeding and
driving while under the influence, which are the main reasons for why
driving deaths occur.
The
most logical thing to do to prevent or reduce driving related deaths
is to simply follow traffic laws. The laws were put into place to
ensure the safety of pedestrians and other drivers. For example,
simple things such as simply wearing a seatbelt (which is a state
law) can go a long way when it comes to protecting drivers. Another
possibility would be if smartphones could identify when a person is
driving and disable themselves so the driver cannot use it, this
would provide one less distraction for drivers. I’m aware that
iPhone can sense this, but there’s a way for users to disable this
and it does not work very well.
While
I have not personally experienced a car accident, since I’m a
teenager myself, I’m consistently exposed to people who text while
driving or simply speed and by “people” I mean my friends. It
does not only include my friends, some of my older family members
developed the habit of talking on the phone.
I
think best that I can do is to simply continue following traffic
laws. This ensures that I am safe and ensures that I do not put
anyone in danger. I feel as if just simply following traffic laws
just helps set an example to new drivers on how they should be
driving.
