Reason For A Seatbelt
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Reason for A Seat-belt
Every state has driving laws, driving with a seat belt is one of them. In Atlanta, Georgia we have “Click-it or Ticket” by the state of Georgia Police department. If the police look inside your car while driving and you are not wearing a seat belt than you will receive a ticket. The law was design to help lower death rates in a car accident.
During the Christmas break of the 2005-2006 school year I was involved in a accident and I was not wearing a seat belt. I could of died in this car accident because the car was totaled. The Lord was by my side during the accident because I walked out with out a scratch on my body. This night I learned the true value of the seat belt. The seat belt is there to protect you not to make you look stupid. You should always wear a seat belt but especially when you are a passenger in another persons car. Not knowing if that person is a great driver or a poor driver can put your life at risk. If you value your life than you should wear your seat belt all the time no matter what other people may say.
The night was no different than any other night me and my friends were just trying to have fun. After spending time trying to figure out what we wanted to do we decided to go to a club in buckhead. Everybody got into their own car, but me I decided to ride with my friend. My conscious was telling me to drive but I simply just didnt want to. We are now on our way to buckhead driving down Hwy 78 listening to the new Biggie duets album. I guess my friend was not paying attention because he veered off on the right shoulder that dropped down from the highway. He began to panic by turning the steering wheel hard to the left. By this time he has lost control of the car being a inexperienced driver he was turning the steering wheel any way to stop the car from spinning. Once he started to do that the tires on the car busted and the car started to flip. The car turned over about three times before it landed on the side of the road. If the car would have traveled just a little bit further it would of hit a stone sewer drain. I was not wearing a seat belt so I could of flown through the window.
Even though I came out with out a scratch it could have been worse. You can not control your future but you can do certain things to put yourself in a better position. While the car was swerving another car could have hit us because we were in the middle of the street.