A car used to be a difficult thing to operate and with technology moving at the rate it is cars take almost no effort to drive, but drivers don't understand how dangerous cars really are. I became aware of this after talking to my grandfather. He told me how he didn't used to have automatic transmission, power steering, power windows, and cruse control, nor did he have air bags, and braking systems. Back then he said there weren't half as many accidents. Many drivers also think they are indestructible when they drive because of how safe cars makers say their cars are, but they don't understand how dangerous they can really be. Yet everyday on the news there is a new story involving an automobile death..

The clueless ness of many drivers today adds to the danger of driving a car. I sometimes question if they even have a license. In my years of driving down the freeway I have seen drivers next to me sleeping, reading a book, talking on the phone, and one guy was even typing on his laptop. I don't understand how their car is in one piece, or why they still have a license? Before given a license you are taught the dos and don'ts of driving, but why is it that some people feel the need to pull out a gun after they have been cut off. Even worse I read in the newspaper about a guy who walked up to the driver of the car that just rear ended him and grabbed the dog out the ladies lap and threw it into oncoming traffic. Who gave these people a driver's license?

e features to make the car drive better are great, but putting a more powerful engine under the hood is just going to make them more dangerous. Today people like power under the hood of their car, but don't want a car that eats gas, or that sounds like a hotrod. Technology has made it possible for powerful quiet cars that are very fuel-efficient. This is great, but most drivers aren't responsible enough to handle the extra power. With the extra power people are racing down the freeway, but even w

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