Roads will always be dangerous, and crashes are inevitable. However, to avoid losing your life, here’s some advice to prevent accidents that could have a huge impact.

The first tip is to be patient. If you drive without patience, crashes are more likely to happen. To be patient, you mustn’t honk at someone without real cause, flip them off, or get angry after they made a mistake. They’re human and so are you, and humans make mistakes. Don’t focus on them, focus on your own driving.

If you end up making a mistake, don’t get worked up about it, learn from the experience. Whether you didn’t go fast enough when the light turned green or you didn’t yield, remain alert and focused. Being alert and focused is everything in driving. If you don’t have these qualities, you shouldn’t have the privilege to drive. Focus on the road, don’t focus on your phone, and don’t focus on passengers in the car. Focus on the road so you can drive safely, preventing injuries– even more so, preventing deaths. 

Last tip is don’t let your emotions drive you. If you cannot drive and feel as though you can drive, don’t drive. You never know what could happen. For example; drunk driving, it shouldn’t be done. Drunkenness is the easiest way to cause deaths. 

I know this advice is known, and people can become annoyed when they hear this advice all the time, but these points can not be said enough. Clearly they aren’t, because there are more car crashes every day. By remaining patient, alert, focused, and not letting your emotions drive, you can help make driving more enjoyable because you can travel safely from point A to point B.