Name: Kennedy Milan Ewell
From: Fort Washington , Maryland
Votes: 0
In
our society the importance of drivers ed and the risk
factors of not paying attention while driving is not expressed enough
or taken seriously. In most states new driver’s are required to
take a drivers ed class. Since this particular class is
required for most driver’s to take, this class is often taken as a
joke. Most people that take this class, most likely does not pay
attention in class while instruction is given. While this class is
supposed to be one the primary sources for new drivers to learn about
safety on the road, are they actually learning the material?
I
have heard stories from my older sister that has taken a driver’s
education course. She expressed to me that the drivers ed
class had opened up her eyes to how much safety is important to her
while she is driving. As well as it is to the other driver’s that
are driving around her. Drivers ed is meant to reduce the
amount of deaths that are caused by car accidents mainly by teenage
drivers. It helps reduce the amount of these deaths by informing the
youth about potential outcomes that could happen if they don’t take
the safety of driving seriously. Drivers ed is important
because some people may not know anything about driving and the
precautions that they need to take while driving, and by having
drivers ed it could definitely help those types of people out
and help them learn about road safety.
The
first step that should be taken to reduce the number of deaths as it
relates to driving to just to continuously stress the risk factors of
not driving safe. Make sure the new drivers are taking the drivers
education class seriously. The traffic laws need to be obeyed
continuously by all drivers so that everything could be ran smoothly.
One last step and precaution that should be taken is that drivers
should not only drive for themselves, but also drive for others that
are on the road as well.
Driving
irresponsibly plays a major role in many car accidents that happen
today. In my experience I have witnessed a drinking and driving
accident. Drinking while driving is considered to be driving
irresponsibly because the driver is not being responsible for their
actions. In this accident nobody died, but people were severely
injured. This is one of the main reasons why I take driving seriously
because I wouldn’t want this to happen to me or anybody else.
Everybody deserves to live.
Some
steps that I could personally take so that I could be a better and
safer driver is to always, like I stated earlier, drive for other and
not just for myself. Secondly, always remain focus while driving and
not allow anyone or anything to distract me. Thirdly, to obey all
traffic laws and regulations. Lastly, to remember everything that I
learn in my drivers ed classes and to apply those concepts
while I am driving.
