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 from using cars?

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The usage of personal vehicles has been rapidly increasing. Nowadays people prefer to travel with their own
cars
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instead
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of public
transport
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.
This
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trend does more bad than good. In
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essay, I will review
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attitude and discuss its pros and cons. On the one hand,
this
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attitude has some benefits but
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it has major disadvantages. Beginning with its few advantages: First of all, using your own car is probably more comfortable than sitting
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a bus with 30 strangers. If not more. Sometimes you can not even find a place to sit and you have to stand the whole way because of the crowd, especially at peak hours.
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,
traveling
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with your own vehicle might be more
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than public
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depending on the
traveler's
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situation.
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, here in the Netherlands students have a free card by which they can use public
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for free. Ordinary people,
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, do think that public
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is too expensive and
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one of the reasons why they choose to travel
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their own car.
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, it is faster and it saves
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of spending 40
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you spend 20 minutes. Those were some advantages. Now it is
time
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to review the disadvantages of using our own vehicles.
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, It causes damage to the environment. The more
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we use, the more pollution we get.
Co2
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CO2
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coming out of those vehicles affects the atmosphere
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elevates global warming and makes it a bigger issue than what it already is. Second of all, using
cars
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leads to more traffic
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jams
. Streets will be more crowded and that may cause frustration and delay.
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, it is inconsistent, one day you will get on
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the other day you may face traffic jams meanwhile public
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barely delays and always comes on
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as I mentioned earlier it is more cost effective. As a conclusion, using our
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is comfortable but we have to be aware of its dangers and how it affects and harms our environment. Everyone should be responsible for
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. the place where we and our kids . be wise and take care of our beautiful planet.
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