The only way to improve safety on our roads is to give much stricter punishments for driving offences. What extend do you agree or disagree?

Road

safety has become a measure concern these days. Whether rigorous penalties would be the most effective way to deter driving offences, is a very controversial issue.

Although

, I

second

that the implementation of harsher punishments could be the best solution for hindering the

road

accident, there are other methods which should be applied by the

government

for making people conscious about

road

safety.

First

and foremost, the implementation of rigid rules regarding

road

safety proved to be fruitful.

For example

, in Vietnam, the citizens are punished for not wearing a helmet from $20 to $40.Fearing for

this

penalty, people never put off their helmet during driving.

Moreover

, if the

government

does not make that hard laws for the would-be offenders, it is possible that the

law

breakers would conveniently break the

law

.

For instance

, in Singapore, before 1980, the

government

did not impose any

law

regarding

road

casualties, which had caused many lives meaningless for their families and society. When the authority saw

this

, they started new rules and regulations which were the most effective in the long run.

Similarly

, people have started to think about more measures that should be taken to minimize

road

injuries of death, regardless of the implementation of various types of

law

. The most effective one could be that the

government

should heighten people’s awareness by the media.

This

, eventually, could help people to understand not only the bad impact of not abiding by rules

such

as wearing a helmet at the time of driving, maintaining traffic signals, but it

also

makes people conscious about their lives. The other measure is that encouraging people to use the public transport

such

as bus, train, et Cetra. In conclusion, while it is true that rigorous penalties are the key to impede

road

accidents, raising people’s consciousness and encouraging people to use public transports, in my opinion, could

also

be the best methods.