Grace McArdle, Freshman
This month is a way to take responsibility for your actions, in order to consider your safety as well as others around you, while driving. Important strategies to recognize are pulling over when you feel drowsy or any kind of dizziness. Never rush when you're driving. It is taking a risk of being in a car accident if you go on your phone because you're lost. Try to avoid multitasking while outside your car, so you don’t get distracted while driving. Or if you have to go on your phone, pullover wherever you are. Another thing you can do is to avoid eating while driving. When you're eating and driving, it is easy to become distracted by your food. For example, it could fall or spill, and you'll worry about the mess instead of the road, causing distracted driving. Another form of distracted driving is going on your phone. It is the worst thing you can do, because your attention goes towards the phone and not on the road. When your head is down looking at your phone, there can be stop lights or stop signs that you could miss. Or if you keep going and the other people have the green light, that will be a car accident, because they were thinking that you were going to stop.
Tips on why you should not go on the phone while driving:
You can injure and hurt yourself or others around you.
You have to consider your passengers and the people who are in the car with you.
You have to be aware of the pedestrians who are walking the streets or crossing the road at an unexpected time.
You could touch a button that is in the car, and that could get you into a car wreck.
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