See Tracks, think Train

This summer, I took
the DMV Drivers Ed course. Some of the things that we learned
there are things that I already knew. However, there were more items
that I am glad that I learned there. I am glad I took that class,
otherwise I wouldn’t know how long to stop at a stop sign, how to
do a three-point turn, etc.

Taking a Driver’s
Ed course is important on reducing the number of car accidents deaths
for many reasons. First, this course will tell you a lot of things
that you didn’t know before and that can cause you a lot of trouble
on the road. They explain how o open your car hood, so you can see
what is wrong with your car. This course will tell you how much air
to put in your tires, so that you blow one out and result in a crash.
Second, they explain the dangers of different road types and things
that cross the road. One story that our teacher had told us was on
the train tracks. It was a town in Nebraska and in that town there
was a tradition with the tracks. The story is that someone had died
on the tracks and that they haunt the tracks. So every year, one
senior will take one freshman to the tracks at midnight. They would
shut their car off and tell the story. Apparently, the ghost was
going to come out, but in reality it will be a train. Well, this
particular time, when the train was coming, the car had stalled and
they lost one or both of the girls. So our instructor told us that
thy is the reason that DMV teaches their students the “See tracks?
Think train,” saying.

Some steps to
reduce the number of deaths in cars, is to have everyone take
Drivers Ed before they get their driver’s license. Also, after
every 3 years they should have to retake the written test when they
renew their licenses. Therefore, we will know if they are doing what
they are suppose to be doing when they are driving. Another thing
that we can do is make it illegal to use your phone when you are
driving. Lawmakers should make it so that if you get caught on your
phone, you get a ticket and a one hundred dollar fine. This would
help with people being on their phone, as they would not want to pay
for a one hundred dollar for being on their phone.

I remember that day
very vividly. I was in fourth grade and I was sitting by my brothers
on the bus ride home. As the driver dropped off one of my classmates
and her siblings at her house, we were struck on the back. I remember
high schoolers telling our bus driver that a car was almost all the
way under the bus. Jerry told them to quickly get all of us younger
kids off and to go up to my classmate’s house. We were there for
almost two hours. I didn’t know what happened to the kid that was
driving the car or what he was doing, but I found out when I
transferred to the school he graduated from, my freshman year. As
fate would have it, he was coming home from college. When he went
over a hill on Highway 15, he was texting one of his friends. Then he
went partly under the bus, breaking leg and had bruises all over his
body. He was very lucky. He could have gone all the way under the bus
and could have dead. All because of a text.

Steps that I can
take to be a safe driver start with before I get into the car. I need
to make sure that nothing is under the tires and nothing is in my
way. Next, as I enter the car, I need to make sure that all of my
instruments are working and that everything is adjusted for me. Then,
as I am driving, I need to check my review mirror every ten seconds
and when I am going to turn.