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Responsible Driving     "Imagine a crowd of 44,000 volume in the stands at a World Series orSuper Bowl game. A television camera scans the individual faces --- someexuberant, some intense --- all sports fans out for a good time.     As many people as are in that crowd will die in track accidents thisyear. More than half of those accidents will involve alcohol, alone or incombination with other drugs. A disproportionate number of the dead will beyoung, between the ages of 15 and 24. One group, 16 year olds, will be in 40% ofall the singl-car, alcohol related crashes" (Knox 19).     This statement shows the high jeopardize and number of fatalities due todriving. It is very important to learn safe and responsible driving skills,which is why I am giving this speech. If you are prepared and get it on all of yourstuff before your behind the wheel youll probobly do a better job and whap thecorrect manerisms and etiqu ites of driving. The main purpose of this speech isto let you know how to bm responsibly and safely. I will first review thedangers and risks of driving to let you know what your getting into if you useillegal substances or drive improperly. Then I will go into the basicsigns,signals and rules of driving to inform you of the current laws andregulations. Finally I will go through a bit by bit process of driving, fromgetting out of the drive way to turning onto a highway.     Accident risk is the chance of defect to yourself or others and thechance of damage to vehicles and property. each driving involves risk. You havetonotice that risk always exists and can sneak up on you at any time. 85% of allcollisions are the drivers first collision. 49% of vehicle crashes involve onlyone car. The liklihood of being in a collision any year is only 1/5 people.Thechances of suffering an injury that is serious enough to disable you is 1/83people (Kenel, 8) . As you can see risk is always very high and should never beforgot.     One huge risk in driving is to be under the influence of an illegalsubstance or drug. There are many kinds of drugs that strickle you perception anddriving skills. They include Over the counter drugs, Prescription drugs,Depressants, Stimulants, Hallucinogens and Narcotics. Over the cou... ...hod. Whichever way feelsmost comfortable to you. Also when turning use blinkers and slow batch a bit(Handbook). Tracking is how you keep your car on a chosen path. Track smoothlywhile going fast to prevent accidents (Handbook). The last-place two things toknowing how to drive is braking and stopping. In bracking you should know theamount of pressure needed to brake the car your driving. Also you always want tokeep an adequate braking distance between you and the car ahead (Kenel 120).When stopping check for following cars, apply firm, steady pressure on thebrakes and come to a all over stop. Leave the transmission in drive if you planto move ahead in the next minute (Kenel 121).     That pretty much wraps up my how to drive instructions. I hope that Ihave informed you of many new things that you didnt know. If you understood whatI have said you are guarenteed to be a little ahead when its your time to go todriving school. I didnt know some of the trivial details ,involving laws andsignals , before but now I do. I also know that every thing about driving isimportant because your life and others are always at risk. So for now ,bye andhappy driving.