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.

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The number of the cars on the British roads are constantly
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millions of vehicles are made by factories every year. Today we can use different type of transportation system to avoid pollution and environmental issues. In my
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agree that green vehicles could help our society to have
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a better life
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. Developing a more efficient public transport can give us helpful way to solve
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issue. Owing a car is convenient because you can go anywhere you want, whenever you want. Live in a world where you can have an efficient public transportation it is a beautiful dream. Buses and trams can run with electricity or hydrogen engines as well as cars and the impact on the planet is lower. Our governments have to focus the attention on the culture of the planet safety against pollution, giving the right importance to the green mobility and reduce the price of the season tickets. In my country there are still problems with traffic jam. In some cities of Italy we have green Sunday twice a month and people are allowed to circulate only with bicycles or public transportation. When the initiative started a lot of citizen were complaining about freedom to circulate in the city with
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project and the existence of different vehicles to move. I think we should reduce the use of cars and find new way to circulate with less pollution, incidents and risks. Humans have created a lot of different alternatives to improve mobility of people and goods and we have to choose just the best one for our planet.

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Topic Vocabulary:
  • reliance on
  • regulate
  • traffic congestion
  • pollution
  • public health
  • sustainable development
  • alternative forms of transport
  • car ownership
  • balancing benefits and drawbacks
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