Essay 9 Dangerous Roads

I live in Maine, which means there are many dangerous roads. There are the back dirt roads with all the potholes and then there are the regular roads that have the sharp corners. Depending on where you go you can’t exactly go around or avoid these roads. You just have to take those roads and deal with them, wisely.

            At first I think of which way is usually faster depending on where I am going. Then I figure out if that road is too bad to take or not. I try to avoid dirt roads with my car if at all possible. The potholes just ruin my car and the noise scares me and makes me think I broke something. I try not hitting the potholes because when I do they jerk me in another direction which could cause me to go off the road or on the other side of the road.

            The roads that I drive are usually ones that I drive almost daily. So therefore I kind of know when the bad parts are coming up. I slow down ahead of time so I don’t have to slam on the brakes to make the sharp corner or to avoid potholes. If it happens to be a road that I don’t know or don’t travel very often I just go slow or not over the speed limit so nothing just “jumps” out at me.

            Lastly I just pay attention. Being focused on the road and how the road is will help. Looking at the condition of the road might tell you that the road possibly may be bad, so just look out. And paying attention to road signs that say “sharp corner” or anything like that will allow for me to slow down in time. These signs are supposed to help make these roads a little less dangerous.

            Not everyone handles dangerous roads the same, some don’t even care. They just hammer down and hope for the best. By doing that the vehicle could get damaged or people could get hurt. All the roads cannot be safe, but we are trusted to be smart about how we drive on these roads.