Not Worth the Consequences

Not
Worth the Consequences

At
this day in age, there has been more cases of drinking, texting, and
being distracted while driving than ever before. On average,
twenty-eight people die everyday due to drunk driving in Georgia.
These statistics are being normalized to us, because they happen so
often. Government officials have put out messages stating the
importance of drivers ed. Georgia has recently put in place the
“hands-free law,” which states that having a cell phone touching
any part of your body at all while driving is illegal. Drivers,
mostly teens, have found this new law to be an add-on to the
distracting habits already done on the road. These distractions while
driving include,texting and talking on the phone, listening to music
at a loud volume, and driving drunk.

I recall watching
the news one day, where I saw a drunk driving incident on the highway
in Atlanta. An intoxicated man was speeding down the freeway going
almost twenty miles per hour over the speed limit. Another woman and
her three year old daughter were getting on the highway. The woman
was trying to merge left into traffic while getting on the highway.
She got in the middle right lane and was next to the man. He was
still speeding and all of a sudden he swerved into the middle right
lane, and hit the car with the mother and daughter. The car then hit
the cement wall on the highway. The woman and little girl were both
severely injured. All this happened because one person decided to
take his and other people’s life in his hands, by drinking and
driving.

Teens
are more addicted to their phones than other age groups. I spend a
lot of time on my phone everyday,especially in the car, whether it be
texting my friends, on Instagram, tweeting, watching videos, or
sending snapchats. I connect my phone via bluetooth in my car and
play my music loud. My friends and I love to hang out together, so
they ride with me sometimes to different places. These distractions
could cause me to have accidents and possibly injure another vehicle.

There’re
many concrete steps that could be put in place to end these bad
driving behaviors. I could drive with my phone put away and out of
sight, so I’m not tempted to use it while driving. I could listen
to my music at a reasonable volume level. People can find alternative
ways home, if under the influence. One distraction while driving
could define your life, someone else’s, or both. You could end up
injuring or even worse, killing people. You could get a life sentence
in jail. You brought people emotional, mental, and physical pain all
because you chose to be distracted while driving.Teen drivers and
others all have been distracted while driving at one point or
another, but with some easy steps we can eliminate all bad driving
behaviors. These decisions will work towards preventing accidents,
injuries, and even deaths from happening while driving.