You never know what will happen behind the wheel.

Some Bullitt East students have gotten into wrecks these past few months.

So far this school year there have been some Bullitt East students who have been involved in wrecks. Big or small, there are always major causes to these wrecks. There may be ways Bullitt East can prevent these accidents from happening altogether though.

Two major wrecks that have happened this school year involved two Bullitt East juniors, Garrett Wilson and Morgan Grant. Grant was involved in a wreck that happened on the second day of school. “I was driving to school and I was in Bardstown. Someone cut me off and I tried to swerve into the other lane, so I wouldn’t hit the car. I almost went into a ditch, so to avoid that, I tried to swerve back into the left lane, but I overcorrected and went into the median. I flipped over two lanes and ended up on the other side of Bardstown, facing the correct direction. My car flipped twice,” Grant said.

Wilson was involved in a wreck that happened on October 21st. “I fell asleep and then went into a ditch. I did two burrows, went on, and hit another car,” Wilson said.

To prevent this from happening to him again, Wilson said, “I start going a different way, I get more sleep, and I play louder music.”

Both Wilson and Grant believe that negligence of students is a major cause of them getting into wrecks. “Kids are immature and don’t really take driving seriously,” Wilson said.

“Students have to care enough not to put themselves or others in danger. They have to not text, drink, talk on the phone, or do whatever else while they’re driving,” Grant said

English teacher Brian Brashear not only believes that negligence is a key factor of student wrecks, but also inexperience. “There was a student wreck because someone didn’t know how to operate their car properly. It was a five speed manual and someone rear ended somebody else because of that,” Brashear said about a wreck that happened here in Bullitt East’s parking lot.

Some believe that Bullitt East can prevent this negligence, inexperience, etc. Brashear said, “dealing with texting, driving, and other passengers in the car.”

Grant, on the other hand, believes that it’s not up to the school, but instead up to the students. Grant said, “We have all of these stop texting and driving things, but kids don’t actually listen to that. My wreck wasn’t even my fault, so there was no way for me to prevent it. It’s not up to the school. It’s up to the student behind the wheel. They have to pay attention to their surroundings, and they have to make sure they are being safe because they will never know when or where they will get in a wreck.”