Accountability While Driving

A major event in my life that marked a transition from childhood to becoming an adult is when I got my driver's license. Getting your driver’s license is the first taste of true freedom that most 16 year olds get to experience. However, with great privileges comes responsibility and the ability to take on that responsibility. When I went to take my driving test, I was extremely nervous and a bit scared. I wasn’t nervous or scared of the actual test, but the pressure that I put on myself to succeed on the first try as did my two older siblings. Turns out I did pass and I can still remember how I felt on that April day. The feeling of accomplishment and joy that fell on me that day was unbelievable. After I got home from the DMV, I drove myself accompanied by my little sister around the neighborhood. Driving around that night for the first time without an adult made me realize the freedom that I was given from having my license. Along with the freedom comes the responsibility of your passengers and yourself to return safely and the trust given by your parents for this privilege and not
I have been driving for two years now, and it didn't take me long to realize that when I’m behind the wheel I hold a great deal of responsibility. Especially now that I am now able to drive others, once they hop into my car they're now my responsibility. I am responsible for returning them home safely, which takes your full attention focused on the road because you never know what will be in the way. Just recently I was driving my sister to her friend’s house, coming around a turn there was a deer standing broadside in the road. Lucky for me I saw the deer in time to come to a complete stop before it ran off into the woods. It made me think, if I hadn't slow down to take the corner because it was at night and the road was wet, I may well have hit the deer and who knows what would have happened to my sister and