You would never think it would happen to you. Your cars airbag setting off, hitting your nose and what feels  like your bones cracking while you feel your head simultaneously hit the back of your headrest, then your center of gravity shifting and all the blood rushing to your head, then blackness, but still the faint pounding noise of your car horn beeping. Except this is not a story, this is a routine occurrence.

Impaired driving is different to everyone, so its not fully understood. Of course if drivers Ed or traffic school they tell you the dull and repetitive definition, a person that has their ability to safely drive a vehicle impaired. Though this is not a good explanation for the phrase "impaired driving" this can cause harmful misrepresentation for the driver. When a driver is impaired rather it be from alcohol, drugs or an injury they wont most likely wont think they are impaired, because in these situations their mind is fogged, they could have improper confidence in themselves or if driving is the easiest option for this person, they wont think twice is this senseless or euphoric state they are in. Impaired driving should not have a set definition, it should have a informational and wordy reading process for these learners, that explains that they should always have a plan for their driving situation before they become impaired and to never rely on their loopy self, and the options if you are impaired and shouldn't drive home.

There is many types of impairment not just mental impairment like drugs, alcohol or injury's, there is self-imposed impairment, like texting, being on your phone, or in some cases extremely loud and distracting music. Though impairment through drugs are still atomically high right now the rise of impairment on phones are skyrocketing, especially with the younger generation. This could  be chalked up to the rise of phone addictions throughout the world and the fact that its harder to get arrested for being impaired on your phone rather then on drugs. This rise in phone usage while driving contributes to the addiction to phones but also car crashes, while simultaneously having no reward or reason to drive on your phone.

When I successfully earned my drivers license there was a story in the lessons. of a young girl getting involved in a hit and run from a impaired driver, the girl was the sole survivor compared to her two friends, but the consequences was her living the rest of her life in pain. Then the man who did the hit and run eventually getting caught and getting a very large jail sentence. This impacted me greatly. It showed me that even if you mean no harm and would never hurt anyone, you still could on accident and there is only safety measures you can take, but also that there is always a risk on driving even if you are the safest driver out there.

There  is always improvements that can be made on driving course but what we should do is not try and shorten the test and make it easier, rather we should explain everything more in depth. Don't just tell a person not to do something, tell them why,  tell them the consequences,  and show them personal accounts with these problems. Most people, especially in America, drive everywhere, so every person on the road needs to do there part, going back to what I said before, you can be the safest driver but can still get hurt because of others. 

Every single person needs to agree to these safety conditions upon the road, that is what the majority of people can do to help keep people safe. Just by being a safe driver. Though if your passionate there Is other ways  you can keep people safe, first by taking on a job that helps people  follow this driving rules like a police officer or a person that helps write these drivers Ed tests. Or you can volunteer at places that spread awareness to harmful practices on the road, you could donate or you could spread awareness on social media. 

All in all this should not be supported by people that want to help others on the road or people that are passionate on road safety or people that have been personally effected. This should be supported by  every single person that drives and every single person that has a ounce of kindness in their heart. No one wants people to get in a car crash and no one wants themselves to get in a car crash. To keep that want alive we all need to play our part in this lively society we are  in.