DRIVE SAFELY

Driving a car is a pleasure, but the pleasure is often spoiled by a traffic accident caused by a careless driver. It is therefore very important to learn to drive safely, to save n’es own life and other’s lives as well.
If one wants to learn to drive well, one should go to a good driving school. A competent instructor will teach the student how to perform the necessary operations, and tell him all about the traffic rules. It is essential that the student driver learns those rules thoroughly. By the end of his driving lessons, the student should be able to drive the car with skill and ease.
Let us compare two different drivers, Mr Waspada and Mr Lengah. The former is very skillful and careful, the latter is not.
Mr Waspada is at ease at the wheel. After he starts the engine, the car moves smoothly, and gradually goes faster until it reaches a comfortable speed. If he needs to stop, he slows down, and with a gentle pressure on the brake pedal he stops the car. Mr. Lengah on the other hand, is a nervous driver. When after some difficulty he succeeds in starting the engine, the car jumps forward, and moves jerkily. Sometimes Mr. Lengah drives dangerously close to the car in front of him. When he realizes it, he presses hard on the brake pedal and the car stops abruptly, endangering the car driving behind him.
Once Mr. Lengah was driving his car, but his mind was not on the road. He was thinking of the argument he had had with his wife before he left home. Suddenly he heard a policeman’s whistle. He saw a policemen signaling to him to stop, so he pulled up at the kerb. Mr. Lengah had driven against a red light. Fortunately the policeman was a kind one. He did not fine him. He only told Mr. Lengah to be more careful, and to pay attention to the traffic lights. “Otherwise you may wind up in the graveyard,” the policeman added.