Making Driving Safer
By: Clayton Ness
In the United States of America 115 people die every day in car accidents, that is one death every 13 minutes. If I became the President of the United States of America, I would make driving safer by putting dividers between the front and back seats, installing a mechanism that causes electronic devices to stop working, and making it impossible to have a car engine running, unless all of the seat belts are buckled.

The first way to make driving safer would be to install a glass or Plexiglas divider between the front seats, and the back seats. For example, this would prevent the driver from reaching into the back seats for something, and taking their eyes off the road. If the driver has their eyes on the road at all times, they are far less likely to cause an accident. Clearly, this will cut down on distractions, and make accidents less frequent. In conclusion, installing a barrier between the front and back seats will make driving safer.

Another way to make driving safer is to put a piece of equipment in cars that causes electronic devices to turn off, so that drivers cannot use them. For instance, according to The Washington Post talking or texting on a cell phone causes 28% of all traffic accidents. Electronic devices cause a large portion of traffic accidents, and clearly, ensuring that they cannot be used will decrease the amount of traffic accidents. In summary, installing a contraption in cars that prevents people from using electronic devices will make driving safer.

My third and final way to make driving safer is to make it impossible for a car engine to be on unless the people in the car have buckled all of the seatbelts. If at any time a seatbelt is unbuckled, then the car’s ignition will turn off, the brake lights will flash, and the car will come to a gradual halt. An example of how this will make driving safer is that according to Car-Accidents.com, 63% of the people that car accidents kill are not wearing seat belts. Over half of all deaths in car accidents are those of people that were not wearing seat belts, obviously, making certain that people must be seat belted in order for a car to be driven will lower the number of deaths in traffic accidents. Therefore, designing cars so that the people must buckle all of the seat belts in order for the ignition to be on will make driving safer.

Many people die in car accidents everyday in the United States of America, and driving needs to be safer for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians. If I were the President of the United States of America, then I would change driving for the safety of everyone.

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Seattle Car Accident Lawyer

Clayton Ness

Clayton is a 13 year old from Bellevue, Washington and the winner of the Premier Law Group’s 2010 essay contest “What would you do to increase traffic safety if you were president”. As winner Clayton will have his essay published in the November issue of the Straight Talk Law newsletter as well as received a $50.00 Target gift card. Congratulations Clayton!

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