Persuasive Essay On Driving

I can honestly say that at age 15, I did not want my driver’s license. While many kids at that age are excited about the freedom that driving gives, I didn’t really care much about it. In fact, the thought of driving made me nervous. What if I made a mistake in driving? I could see myself totally wreaking the car or worse killing myself or someone else. Yes, these thoughts ran through my mind and so I thought that I should wait till I was comfortable with driving. My mother had different ideas. She insisted that I start learning how to drive. I can remember her taking me out to Smithville Lake where there were not many people and putting me behind the wheel. I wasn’t very good. Sometimes, if a car would come toward us, my mother would grab

I was off to take the driving part of the test. I was so nervous and so was my mother. The unexpected turn was that my mother and I practiced so hard on just driving that we forgot about where all the things are on the car like, where is the horn, the lights, and stuff. So needless to say, the start of the test was bad. After those points off and some others on the driving part, I failed the test. I told my mom I didn’t want to try again for a while and my mom agreed. I put it off for a whole year. In June of 2014, after practicing for a year. I took the test again. I was nervous, but I remembered the things I did wrong on the first try, so I did a little better. Although being very nervous, I passed by one point. I was happy, but my mom was ecstatic. She was so proud of me she almost cried. The time has gone by so fast that a year has passed since I got my license. I still get nervous driving, but I am driving to more places and getting more comfortable about my abilities. My mother says she sees how much I have improved over the past year. She still gets nervous sometimes when I drive, but I tell her she makes me nervous too when she drives, then we both laugh. She tells me that nobody is perfect in their driving and that anybody can have an accident. The main thing is to be careful and relax. I hope that as my experience in driving continues, that I will feel more relaxed and enjoy this thing called