All of us that have been through Driver’s Ed. can agree that the teacher regularly stresses wearing a seatbelt. Like the Driver’s Ed teacher, I don’t think seatbelts are taken as seriously as they should be. A lot of people don’t use them properly, if at all. On Saturday, Nov. 6th, my best friend Angela was in a roll over car accident. She and her friend Ashley were driving on a gravel road that had bad traction and a deer ran in front of the car. Ashley swerved to avoid the deer and they flew off the road. The car flipped at least six times and landed upside-down in a ditch. They pulled themselves out of the car and ended up walking away from the accident with only a few minor injuries. It’s an eye opener to think that if they had chosen to be dumb and not put on their seatbelts, my best friend would probably be dead right now. It seems like no one really takes the dangers of driving seriously. Anything can happen in a matter of seconds; we should take advantage of those spare seconds to do something that might change our lives forever.
By Kelly Beecher
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