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?

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statement. I think the British government urgently needs to introduce laws to reduce traffic, along with developing some new forms of transport. Nowadays the roads are very busy and there is too much traffic.

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applies not only to Britain

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but globally. One

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to

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is public transportation,

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as trains, buses and subways. If these are efficient, reliable and affordable,

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can

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them as alternatives to

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. But if they are unreliable or too expensive, which are common complaints about public transport in Britain,

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will end up using

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. So my suggestion is the government spends tax from car users on

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forms of transport. But one problem is, public transportation is not always ideal.

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, buses, subways and trains are very busy in rush hour.

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, if a person’s home is very far away from the bus stop or station, they cannot

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it. So there should be enough bus stops, stations etc. I think fuel is a very important issue these days. Because air pollution has become a serious issue in many urban

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oil is running out. So we should start to

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electric

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, trains, etc.

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, governments should make it easy for

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to

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bicycles, electric scooters and so on because they are cheap, healthy and clean.

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, despite these considerations, it is important to remember that for some

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, there is no

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to car ownership and usage.

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is particularly true of rural

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, where it would be too expensive and wasteful to provide a lot of public transportation.

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in many rural

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have no

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but to own

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must be considered when introducing any legislation.