Car ownership has increased so rapidly over the past thirty years that many cities in the world are now ‘one big traffic jam’. How true do you this this statement is? What measures can governments take to discourage people from using their cars?

Nowadays, there are many vehicles on the

road

which has led to the problem of traffic jam in many cities around the world. The number of vehicles running on the

road

is increasing because the population is growing day by day,

also

the price of vehicles is now affordable by many people leading them to buy one. It is true that the number of car owners has shown a rapid increase in

last few years

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the last few years

in many big cities around the world because of many reasons.

To begin

with, the population in big cities in increasing exponentially because those cities are offering various opportunities and a better lifestyle. More the people in the city, more will be the

vehicle

running on

road

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the road

.

For example

, people are moving from small town to Mumbai to complete their dreams which

is leading

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are leading

to overpopulating the city and burdening the resources.

Secondly

, many people own a car as a status symbol rather than for fulfilling their needs and sometimes a person own more than one

vehicle

.

For instance

, a colleague of mine bought a

second

car because he got promoted to a higher post. To improve the traffic jam situation, the

government

should imply some rules and regulations over the usage of

vehicle

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the vehicle

vehicles

.

For instance

, if there are less than three persons in a

vehicle

, the

vehicle

is not allowed to run on the

road

. The other solution can be

imposing

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imposed

a fine on the driver if the

vehicle

has been used for a short distance.

Also

, the

government

should educate all the citizens about the negative effects of increasing cars through advertisements or a compulsory course for all. The

government

should promote the

usage

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use

of public transport and

carpooling

by teaching the advantages of these methods. To summarise, along with the help from the

government

, a person should take the charge of using their

vehicle

responsibly to avoid the traffic jam condition and helping in improving the environment

also

.