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.

With the industrial

revelution

a drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving

revolution

100 years ago, a new

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method

of

trasnportation

a facility consisting of the means and equipment necessary for the movement of passengers or goods

transportation

immerged, among those is the automobile, since

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, hundreds of millions of cars entered the roads.

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trend had a negative impact on the

helath

a healthy state of wellbeing free from disease

health

of the communities around the world,

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forcing the authorities to decrease the numbers of car owners and provide people with alternative ways for transportation. I believe

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measures would improve the life quality of people and help the environment. Turning

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to the downsides of the cars, motor vehicles are one of the major causes of global warming and climate change, which might have a catastrophic

imapcts

the striking of one body against another

impacts

on our planet and our way of life.

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, a recent study by the University of London has found that cars emit 25% of

green house

a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions

greenhouse

gases,

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raising the

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planet's

temprature

the degree of hotness or coldness of a body or environment (corresponding to its molecular activity)

temperature

by 0.75 degrees.

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, automobiles have a

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harmful impact. Moving on to solutions for

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issue, on of the most successful measures is making car ownership more expensive, which will make people use public transportation more frequently,

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, less cars on the road.

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, to adopt

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solution, an effective alternatives should be available.

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, When Singapore had increased the taxes on the cars by the double, it resulted in 20% less traffic on the roads, plus a significant improvement in air quality was noticed around the city. The tax raise was combined with new train and metro lines and an increase of

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the number

of buses around the

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city, hence

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, more options for car owners. In conclusion, I strongly believe that governments and international agencies should enforce new laws to take cars put

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on

the roads, while at the same time give people motivations to use other methods of transportation.

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would have a positive

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effect

on the communities,

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the environment

, and life quality overall.