The Youth Of Today

The
importance of drivers ed is absolutely crucial in today’s
society. With a new age of social media among today’s teenagers,
they aren’t worried about safe or paying attention to their
surroundings. What they are worried about is showing off to social
media that they’re able to drive or their new car that their
parents have bought them. Due to this monstrosity, teenagers today
are more likely to get into car accidents as opposed to those who are
25 years of age or older. In fact according to the National Safety
Council, nearly 1.2 million car crashes in 2013 involved drivers
talking on the phone, and at least 341,000 involved text messaging.

There
are many easy steps one can take so that we can reduce the number of
deaths related to driving. For instance if one is talking to their
friend, family member on the phone or texting them prior to driving.
You can simply inform them that you are about to begin driving and
when you have finally reached your destination that you will call
them back or text them back. Another step that can be taken is to
simply turn off the phone. By doing this there is simply no need to
take a glance at the cell phone while driving. It would be most
certainly less of a distraction, and if the drastic worry of this is
“listening to music” you can simply turn on the radio.

I’ve
had an experience in a car crash before. It was a terrible day, rain
was pouring, large amounts of traffic, drivers speeding past each
other on a small road. I was driving home from my community college
at the time, and I stopped at a traffic light going from yellow to
red. I spent a minute at this light until I was rear ended very hard.
I had gotten out of my car to check my bumper which seemed to be
surprisingly okay despite the big hit. But the car that had hit me
suffered a greater damage, the car hood was completely destroyed, the
windshield was cracked I was honestly shocked at the damages of her
car compared to mine. The girl had ran out of her car and she was
hysterically crying, apologizing, saying that she was on her phone,
begging me to not call the police and file a report. Of course I was
disgusted when she said she was on her phone but my car only had a
minor scratch so I decided not to call the police.

Steps
that I can take to be a better and safe driver as well as to help
others become a safe driver is to first things first turn off my
phone before driving. It’s a better alternative than putting the
phone away or just trying not to use it at all. By doing this I’m
not only keeping myself safe but those around me as well. If we all
took the very hard choice of putting our phones away while driving,
there would be less accidents, less deaths, and a safer environment
for us all.