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.

Before 1888, no Britishers would have ever thought of driving on road in a personal space. But with the passage of time after show up of the

first

car

on road in 1888, very quickly in two centuries,

this

figure increased to 29 million. Now people think that alternative forms of transport should be encouraged and there should be an introduction of laws to control

car

ownership and its usage. I agree with

this

statement that there should be control on

this

otherwise

it will have an adverse effect on our environment.

Firstly

,

this

increasing number of

cars

has a negative impact on our environment. As on the road if there are millions of automobiles they efficiently contribute to noise pollution, air pollution.

Moreover

, burning up of fuel leads to global warming as a number of gases are outbursted in the air.

This

can be surely curtailed by the service of alternative forms of transport.

For example

, if people start travelling by public transport like

bus

,

then

in

such

case a

bus

can be a substitute of approximately 52

cars

as

bus

usually have 60 seats. it has been proven that cities with neat networks of

bus

lines, trams, and underground metros have fewer automobiles on roads than other cities with poorly designed or managed public transportation.

Secondly

, there is a need to make laws related to controlling

car

ownership and its use because if there will be penal law for the overuse of

cars

then

people will avoid driving their

cars

uselessly.

For instance

, the government can make laws regarding the usage of old

cars

. As In India government has banned driving

car

which is older than 15 years because they emit toxic substances.

Furthermore

, there can be a rule of odd and even

cars

that on one day only even-numbered motor vehicles will be permitted to drive. Though,

cars

provide us with personal and comfortable space but still, we can not act selfishly because

this

is exploiting our environment and our biodiversity. So, there is a need to take some measures by which we can compete in

this

modern era by preserving our nature. To sum up, I wish to reiterate that

cars

cause major environmental damage and other means of travel should be promoted to reduce the impact of automobile pollution.

Therefore

, proper utilization and ownership of

cars

need to be more tightly regulated through the implementation of stricter global legislation.