Nowadays more and more people buy and use their own cars. Do you think the advantages of this trend for individuals outweigh its disadvantages for the environment?

The debate about the impact of vehicles on the

environment

has been on for a while. Recently, quite a number of people now purchase and drive their personal cars.

This

essay will look at the positives for private

car

owners, as well as the negatives on the

environment

;

although

, I think the advantages of

growing number

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the growing number

a growing number

of

car

users far outweigh the negative impact on the surroundings. One of the advantages is the convenience a privately-owned

car

avail to its owner. More and more people now want to avoid the stress of taking public transport every now and

then

.

Moreover

, owning your own

car

will

also

get you to your destination a lot faster than public transport, which tend to waste time by having to stop at every interval.

For instance

, driving from Ikeja to Yaba will

last

fifteen minutes, whereas, it takes about double that time when commuting on a public vehicle. To summarize, individuals will opt for

more convenient means

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a more convenient means

of getting to their destination, and more preferably, if it gets them there faster. On

other hand

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the other hand

,

increase

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the increase

an increase

in vehicular movements on the road poses a great threat to the surroundings in terms of air and noise

pollution

. The more cars on the road, the more the around us is polluted.

This

is because, most cars run by burning petrol or

diesel which

Accept comma addition

diesel, which

emit harmful substances into the atmosphere.

Furthermore

, noise

pollution

is caused by

blaring

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the blaring

of honks indiscriminately, which occurs

as a result

of more and more people using the road.

For example

, in

lagos

chief port and economic center of Nigeria; located in southwestern Nigeria on the Gulf of Guinea; former capital of Nigeria

Lagos

logs

over 3 million cars ply the roads daily. The effect

this

is the over-bearing amount of noise and air

pollution

experienced in the city. To conclude,

this

essay has weighed the positives of many people driving their cars in terms of convenience, and the negative effect on the

environment

in terms of

pollution

on the

environment

. I think the positives outnumber the disadvantages to the

environment

.