Whether it was in a class, from parents or teachers, everyone has been given at least one lecture about safe driving.
It was in my driver”s education class that I got my first of many safe driving lectures. My class was taught by police officers who had seen grisly, heartbreaking car crashes and they spared no detail. However, they didn”t go out of their way to scare the class or intimidate anyone from ever driving. They wanted it to be clear what the risks and the consequences were of operating a motor vehicle.
Tess Fox
Argonaut
I”ll admit it – I”m not a perfect driver. Just this week, I accidentally cut someone off while driving in Pullman. I was a little distracted by my thoughts and should have checked twice before changing lanes. It was my fault. It happens, I”m not perfect.
I don”t want to reiterate how important driving safely is, because everyone is sick of hearing about it. But everyone still needs to remember it.
Working for a local newspaper puts me on the road between Moscow and Pullman frequently. Like I said before, I”m not a perfect driver. I snack while driving, change the station on the radio. These are not good habits. Looking away from the road for a few seconds is all it takes for a car crash to occur.
In 2014, 3,179 people were killed as a result of distracted driving, and another 431,000 were injured.
My dad always told me that there is no such thing as a car accident. People made choices and the crash was a result of those choices.
When I was parking my car one day at work, I hit a car, my boss” car. There was damage, but no one was hurt, thankfully.
Besides having a really awkward day of work, nothing bad happened. I called it an accident. My dad reminded me that I made a choice to squeeze into a parking spot that was too small. That was on me, it was not accident. It was a consequence of my actions. No one can know what the consequences for their actions will be.
The moral of the story is to make good choices. Don”t read a text message until arriving at the destination. Leave the radio station on the same channel. Be picky about parking spots. Don”t drink and drive. Be safe.
Tess Fox can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter @tesstakesphotos