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The use of personal cars has increased more than ever before but this use of cars causes many problems. What are those problems? In order to reduce these problems, should we discourage people to use cars?

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There is no doubt that having a personal conveyance has resulted in greater flexibility and easier mobility amongst people. Nowadays, people prefer their own cars to travel,
instead
 of public transport or sharing the ride with someone else owing various reasons. In
this
 essay, we will discuss various issues that arise due to
this
 practice and what are the solutions for the problems. One of the most significant
problem
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problems
 of using one’s own
car
 is pollution caused by the vehicle, which
contributes to already
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contributes to an already
 polluted environment of the cities. The running engines cause noise pollution, burning of fuel causes air
pollution which
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pollution, which
 increases the heat and concentration of carbon dioxide in
environment
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the environment
 leading to
green house effect
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the greenhouse effect
greenhouse effect
 and sometimes acid rains.
Moreover
,
this
 practice results into high traffic rush on roads, leading to traffic jams. The foremost solution of the problem is to make use of various online platforms and forums where a person can express interest in sharing a ride with other people going towards
same destination
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the same destination
. If a person is not ready to share his/ her ride because of security concerns, he/she should
atleast
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at least
 try to minimize
use
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the use
 of one’s own
car
 and rather take public transport, whenever possible.
This
 would control emission of dangerous gases and heat to a certain extent.
Secondly
, a person should try working from home, whenever allowed so that he/ she can save on time spent while
commute which
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commute, which
 would
also
 result in reducing the number of cars on
road
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the road
. To summarise, the use of a personal
car
 is a necessity and cannot be avoided completely.
However
, a
car
 owner should always take steps to reduce the usage wherever possible, in order to minimize the extent of
damages
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the damages
 the over usage of
car
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the car
 does.

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