Mistakes Were Made/Driving

I was going to Walmart with my family on a Saturday and I wanted to drive. It was a cloudy, summer day in the afternoon. My mother, father, and sister, Ashley, were in the car with me. I was confident to drive somewhere with my family, despite being a new driver. I wanted to bring them somewhere and have a good time all together. Usually I don’t like driving because I feel like I’m not good at it. It’s normal to make mistakes when driving, so you know in the future you’ll know not to make that mistake the next time you drive. When you drive more and more, it’ll become natural to you.

My parents always ask me if I want to drive. I usually say “no” because I don’t want to mess up. I need to not worry about messing up because people do that all the time. I like driving, but I don’t at the same time.  The control is nice, but it’s stressful sometimes, its a big responsibility to have. So that particular Saturday, I was casually driving down my road and there was a four way intersection. I was on the right side wanting to turn left. In the left lane, there was an old silver car coming up, but I thought I had enough time to turn. I hesitated before turning because I wasn’t sure if I should have gone or waited. So I turned left right when the silver car was about to pass me.  The driver was responsible and slammed on their breaks. Fortunately, because the other driver was on top of things, we avoided a collision. After that I pulled over on the side of the road to park because I didn’t like what I did so I didn’t want to drive anymore, one of my parents drove instead. My family really thought that we would get into a crash. I thought so too. I was shaking because I almost experienced a collision, my parents were saying “lucky we didn’t crash” and after that my sister said “omg”.  I thought my parents were mad at me, but they understand that mistakes can happen. I could tell they were nervous and shocked. This is why I don’t like driving because I get nervous and give up easily when I shouldn’t. I drive a lot and I like it when I don’t mess up but I was irritated at myself because I shouldn’t have done what I did. I should have been more responsible by stopping and waiting for the car to drive past me and be more patient. I don’t know what made me think it was okay to drive right in front of the other driver. Luckily the driver saw me and didn’t keep driving. What I learned from this experience is to be more careful when driving at four way intersections. Anytime I drive I should be careful and patient. Also I learned to be very aware of what other drivers do around me. 

“Drive” by kaysha is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0