Seatbelts Save
Wearing seatbelts save over 13,000 lives a year. I realized that was true when it saved mine. I almost lost my life in a car accident and the only things I have to thank for still being here is God and my seat belt.
It was Sunday morning and I was leaving the house for church. I got in my car just like I always do. Usually I go down the street aways and then remember to buckle my seatbelt, but today, things were different. I put my seatbelt on right after my bottom hit the car seat. As I started driving down the road, I had a lot of thoughts running through my mind. My grandmother and I were arguing again, school was stressing me out and I was going to be late for church. As all these things were swarming my head, a grey cat crossed the road. Immediately I swerved to the right to miss it, I over corrected and went into the ditch. The only thing I could think about was how I was gonna fix this, It never really occurred to me that I was wrecking my car. I swerved hard to the left to get back over on the road and hit a covert. When I hit the covert it treated my car as a ramp. My air bags popped out and I honestly thought that was the end of my life. …show more content…
Now everywhere I go, no matter how late I’m running, I always drive the speed limit and focus on just the road. I never swerve for animals, I even hit a squirrel the other day! When I drive my mindset is different, I think about the people on the road driving and the importance of their life. I think about how they have families and people who love them. They’re not just cars on the roads to me, they’re people. Coming out of this accident with no broken bones and a few scrapes has really opened my eyes. God has put me on this earth for a reason and has no plan of taking me out of it any time soon. Knowing this encourages me to live everyday to the fullest and to know that in the end it’ll all work out. (Jeremiah
Wearing seatbelts save over 13,000 lives a year. I realized that was true when it saved mine. I almost lost my life in a car accident and the only things I have to thank for still being here is God and my seat belt.
It was Sunday morning and I was leaving the house for church. I got in my car just like I always do. Usually I go down the street aways and then remember to buckle my seatbelt, but today, things were different. I put my seatbelt on right after my bottom hit the car seat. As I started driving down the road, I had a lot of thoughts running through my mind. My grandmother and I were arguing again, school was stressing me out and I was going to be late for church. As all these things were swarming my head, a grey cat crossed the road. Immediately I swerved to the right to miss it, I over corrected and went into the ditch. The only thing I could think about was how I was gonna fix this, It never really occurred to me that I was wrecking my car. I swerved hard to the left to get back over on the road and hit a covert. When I hit the covert it treated my car as a ramp. My air bags popped out and I honestly thought that was the end of my life. …show more content…
Now everywhere I go, no matter how late I’m running, I always drive the speed limit and focus on just the road. I never swerve for animals, I even hit a squirrel the other day! When I drive my mindset is different, I think about the people on the road driving and the importance of their life. I think about how they have families and people who love them. They’re not just cars on the roads to me, they’re people. Coming out of this accident with no broken bones and a few scrapes has really opened my eyes. God has put me on this earth for a reason and has no plan of taking me out of it any time soon. Knowing this encourages me to live everyday to the fullest and to know that in the end it’ll all work out. (Jeremiah