The first car appeared on British roads in 1888. By the year 2000 there may be as many as 29 million vehicles on British roads. Alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and international laws introduced to control car ownership and use. To what extent do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your knowledge or experience.

After its appearance in 1888, cars have proliferated in every part of

United Kingdom

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the United Kingdom

. With powerful vehicles, goods and passengers can be moved faster, cheaper and with relative ease. Imagine for a fact, that in 1850s, it took almost four to five days to transport goods from Manchester to London by horses. By 1900s,

this

time duration has been reduced to mere hours. Now we no longer have to worry about feeding horses, maintaining their health and

also

need not suffer back breaking motion while riding them. Just get in the car, key in the ignition and off we go. Just like that! But, as technology becomes more advanced and as families have more disposable income to spend, many people invest in personal transportation. A recent report confirms that there are as many as 12 million vehicles plying on the streets of London. Every family now has

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at least

two vehicles.

This

has given rise to straining of infrastructure. Now, finding a parking spot in the city on a busy day is

next

to impossible. An average person spends eight to twelve hours every month in traffic. There have been reports of

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at least

20 cases

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of

road rage incidents in

last month

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the last month

. The stress of

manouvering

a military training exercise

manoeuvring

in heavy congestion has given rise to fatalities like car accidents that kill as many as 60000 deaths previous year.

Emmissions

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Emissions

from vehicles contribute to almost a

third

of the world pollution. A possible solution will be to have strict laws that impose heavy penalties and taxes so as to dissuade an average citizen to start thinking for public transportation. We can derive inspiration from other cities worldwide.

For example

, Madrid has decided a day in a week when no vehicles would be used in city limits. New Delhi has started a scheme which ensures that vehicles with odd number plates would run on alternate days while even ones run on the rest. New York and Tokyo have made public transportation cheaper and

faster which

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faster, which

in turn encourages everyone to take an alternative mode of transport other than a car. While

such

methods are effective in

short run

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the short run

short runs

, precious taxpayer money is invested which could have been used for

better purpose

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better purposes

a better purpose

. And even after

such

schemes, the public sentiment

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has always been

had always been

negative towards

such

schemes. If we truly intent on solving

this

problem, we

first

need to educate the masses. An informed audience will make the right choice with no external force or motivation required to make the correct decision for the benefit of humanity.