| My mom always says, 'you better take before you hit | | | | Staring with swerving to over speeding to road rage |
| the road. You might end up hitting someone!' Yes, until | | | | to road kill (the two latter are the extremes). With |
| now she still insists that I undergo an intensive driving | | | | intensive driving lessons, these may be prevented. |
| lesson. | | | | Aggressiveness has no place in the road. A friend of |
| My sister and I usually joke around verbalizing, 'respect | | | | mine was caught over speeding (not once, not twice, |
| my authoritah.' Yes, with that pronunciation! This was | | | | not even thrice---I stopped counting there) yet her |
| because way back, my parents would revoke or | | | | license is still active. I'm not honking my own (car) horn |
| suspend each of our driver's licenses by confiscating it | | | | by saying that I'm a better driver when compared to |
| and holding it for ransom (better grades, not breaking | | | | my friend, but I (almost always) practice road courtesy. |
| curfew, so on and so forth). Nowadays, the | | | | I know this is bad, but I expect the worst in others |
| Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) is restricting our | | | | every time I'm in the road. |
| desire to hit the open road. | | | | Every state posts different regulations. Let's focus on |
| Driver's License. From being ticketed, to being | | | | one state, the bay area---California. (No, I'm not a |
| suspended and to being totally revoked---all of these | | | | resident of California.) There are a lot of driving |
| may and will occur if you disregard any of the road | | | | schools offering crash course driving lessons, I bumped |
| rules set by the DMV or the State where you're | | | | into one that has defensive classes included when you |
| caught (different states bear different rules). Traffic | | | | enroll. Others are offering virtual driving courses. There |
| violations may be classified into 3 groups: it could be an | | | | are individuals questioning the validity and the quality |
| infraction, a misdemeanor or a felony. The | | | | brought by these simulations. Though these are only |
| consequences of the last two factions may be either | | | | simulations, the process will help both the student and |
| severe fine or jail-time or both. There are also | | | | the driving instructors with regard preparing the former |
| instances where the driver is not allowed to renew his | | | | for the real thing. (Less cost and less accidents, though |
| license; not unless he go over his books that pertains | | | | virtual classes cannot accurately measure this). For |
| to driving instructions or take a class with driving | | | | me, nothing beats one-on-one intensive driving lessons. |
| instructors. With these people at the mercy of DMV, | | | | Be it virtual or personal, the important thing is that you |
| they have no choice but to enroll in a driving school. | | | | be taught of the basics---road rules, mechanics of |
| Driving school is not that bad, actually, it would be | | | | driving and road safety precautions. High-end driving |
| beneficial. Think of it as a refresher course. | | | | school or otherwise, it does not matter. If proper |
| We don't want any trouble or accident, right? That's | | | | information has been disseminated and same was well |
| why driving schools opt to teach defensive driving. | | | | executed by the student, no one will question how you |
| Consideration to the safety of others in the road, this is | | | | handle your vehicle or how you want to rip the open |
| the mantra of defensive driving. Most people forget | | | | road. |
| that there are also other individuals using the road. | | | | |