Silence the Sirens

The Sirens are not stopping. They are getting louder. Day in and day out motorist are taking life for granted. What used to be a means of transportation has now become a loaded weapon. The cost is high; the devastation will bring one to their knees and the lives lost? Priceless.

Going out to the grocery store, dropping your children at school, going to work and/or church has all become a risk due to gross negligence.

How many more lives does it have to take before it clicks that we are killing each other with our arrogance. You may be the nicest person in the world but if you are multitasking in your vehicle and NOT paying attention while driving you are being arrogant and putting us all at risk.   

Law Enforcement, advocacy groups, technology companies, the various department of transportations are all feverishly working to put an end or at least curb some of these behaviors. People, we must wake up, it is simply common sense when you are behind the wheel of a vehicle to be alert every moment. We put our own family at risk when we make dangerous driving decisions. 

Please, I am asking you to join me in my plight for safer highways. We can all make a difference every day of our lives but just paying attention while driving. Our teens are at the biggest risk. Parents of teen drivers your children are mirroring your behaviors. If you are not driving, as you would want them to I am passionately asking you to modify your behaviors. These teens are being sent out on these treacherous highways with no experience. The end result too often is deadly. No one is immune to deadly highway crashes. Not one!

Our Loved ones are a precious commodity, yet we are taking them all for granted with our driving behaviors. Our friends and family members are the reason we love and live. All too often they are gone in a moment due to carelessness in a motor vehicle. What happens next? People have to learn to live all over again IF they can even get out of bed due to unimaginable grief. 

Gone in a moment. No time to say good-bye. A life cut short to an irreversible split second decision. Families destroyed. The time is NOW to just drive. Be a part of the solution.

I was moved to motivate! I love being an advocate but truth be told I would rather be a wife! Our shared life was cut way too short. Our effortless love was taken away by arrogance. The beauty of our love is now an extension of all I do and who I have become. Is it for me? Yes, some days, but most days it is for YOU the person who I hope I will never have to meet because you will take the time to get in your vehicle and just drive. If just 1 person truly pays attention to my heartfelt request to drive safe you will create less heartache and you will tell 1 that will tell 1. There is no doubt in my mind that we CAN do better. My life at times is truly painful and not the life you want to live. What you can’t see is that I am not advocating for my husband, Mark. I am advocating for YOU.

You can make a positive IMPACT today by not creating pain in other people’s lives. Simply get in your vehicle and mindfully drive, together we can Silence the Sirens.

#justdrive #safetysaveslives