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“Over 40,000 people are killed every year on American roads and highways and many of those deaths are directly attributable to reckless drivers.” (“http://www.reportdangerousdrivers.com").
Reckless driving is a very serious driving violation. In my case I was not under the influence of alcohol or drugs. I was in a rush to get back to post to get a battle buddy back by a certain time. I was also put in a dangerous situation by the way the vehicles on the highway were driving. Switching lanes with out signaling and driving under the speed limit. After the light on K-18 after the airport, before the hill, there is a merge lane to the right. As I approached the cars on the hill I went to the merge lane and proceeded past the cars. The way I approached the car and the tactics I used were considered reckless. I picked up speed and passed the cars on the right side. I then re-entered the road when the merge lane ended. By my motion and my movement I scared the other vehicles on the road into not knowing what I was doing or going to do. This caused a chain reaction of the other vehicles to brake hard and move around. This chain reaction could have caused a way worse outcome on the road, due to my reckless driving. After the situation has happened and the day has moved on I sit back and think of all that really could have happened during that situation. During my movement if my tire had blown out on either side of the vehicle or the front or the back, the car could have caused some major effects to me, my passengers, and the other vehicles around me. Front tire blow out on the left side would have caused the car to head into the traffic and could have cause a big car pileup. In this pile up there were vehicles with families in them in which lives could have been lost. If the right tire blew out I could have ended up on the right shoulder in the dirt and gravel, and or, up in the hill or embankment causing damage to my vehicle and damage to the states property.

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