Hi, I’m that reckless teenage girl your mom and dad always told you would get you injured, the one that believes if they go over 100mph down that straightaway in Idaho there will be no consequences, the one that doesn’t listen to the “NO DIVING” warning on the side of the pool since ‘she knows how to swim’, and the one that doesn’t realize until she’s 17 years old that you can’t survive every injury you obtain.
Speed is my weakness, if its quads, dirt bikes, cars, or bicycles I always want to go faster. A few years ago my family had multiple sport quads which I would go way faster than I ever should have in the space I was riding them in, (a little over three acres of wooded trails.) My dad and I decided to finish off the night by racing through one of the major loops that we have. As a super competitive person in sports I was flying through the trails, I came down the hill faster than I should have since there was a sharp corner at the end. I hit the corner so fast and sharp that I ended up flipping the quad over and landing it on top of me, fracturing part of my hip and breaking my ulna, radius, and humerus. Even after that accident I still felt the need to do stupid things that I knew I …show more content…
Luckily, they are all still alive, but the driver had serious bruising to his chest due to an airbag not deploying. Over time I realized that all those reckless things we do when we’re young isn’t worth the risk of others’ lives just to feel the thrill of doing something stupid. If someone would have pulled out in front of me when I was driving down that Idaho road we would most likely both be in the hospital or worse. My friends’ car accident made me realize that I shouldn’t take every risk that seems like it would be a good adrenaline rush, but to take calculated risks and make sure no one else will get hurt in the process of me having
Speed is my weakness, if its quads, dirt bikes, cars, or bicycles I always want to go faster. A few years ago my family had multiple sport quads which I would go way faster than I ever should have in the space I was riding them in, (a little over three acres of wooded trails.) My dad and I decided to finish off the night by racing through one of the major loops that we have. As a super competitive person in sports I was flying through the trails, I came down the hill faster than I should have since there was a sharp corner at the end. I hit the corner so fast and sharp that I ended up flipping the quad over and landing it on top of me, fracturing part of my hip and breaking my ulna, radius, and humerus. Even after that accident I still felt the need to do stupid things that I knew I …show more content…
Luckily, they are all still alive, but the driver had serious bruising to his chest due to an airbag not deploying. Over time I realized that all those reckless things we do when we’re young isn’t worth the risk of others’ lives just to feel the thrill of doing something stupid. If someone would have pulled out in front of me when I was driving down that Idaho road we would most likely both be in the hospital or worse. My friends’ car accident made me realize that I shouldn’t take every risk that seems like it would be a good adrenaline rush, but to take calculated risks and make sure no one else will get hurt in the process of me having