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 revolution 100 years ago, a new method of

transportation

immerged, among those is the automobile, since

then

, hundreds of millions of cars entered the roads.

This

trend had a negative impact on the health of the communities around the world,

thus

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

transportation

. I believe

such

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

firstly

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 impacts on our planet and our way of life.

For example

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

hence

raising the planet's temperature by 0.75 degrees.

Therefore

, automobiles have a long term harmful impact. Moving on to solutions for

this

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

transportation

more frequently,

therefore

, less cars on the road.

Nevertheless

, to adopt

such

solution, an effective alternatives should be available.

For instance

, 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 the number of buses around the

city,

Suggestion

city, hence

hence

, more options for car owners. In conclusion, I strongly believe that governments and international agencies should enforce new laws to take cars put on the roads, while at the same time give people motivations to use other methods of

transportation

.

This

would have a positive effect on the communities, the environment, and life quality overall.