In order to solve traffic problems, government should tax private car owners heavily and use the money to improve public transportation. What are the advantages and disadvantages of such a solution?

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decade has seen a tremendous increase in the

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of private

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running on the roads. Many people suggest that the

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should increase the excise duty on private car owners and the revenue

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generated shall be used for the betterment of public transportation.

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a measure can have some positive impact in form of the reduction of private

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on the road, but simultaneously it can deal a serious blow to the automobile industry. Both have been discussed below.

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looking at the advantage if the

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starts to collect heavy taxes from the public that owns personal

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;

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will lead to a reduction in the

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of

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running on the road, as it will be difficult to maintain the private vehicles which will force the people to use much cheaper means. The

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conditions

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will improve with

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a

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in private vehicles on the road.

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, in 2002, the

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of the state of West Bengal decided to increase the registration tax to 20%, which resulted in a record 30%

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in the ownership of private vehicles.

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, it proves that

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heavy taxation would lead to better

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it will have some damaging effects as well. The imposition of higher tax rates will cause a serious

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in the

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of sales of private

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. In fear of high maintenance expenses, there will be a lesser

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of people who will prefer owning an automobile. The

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in sales would force the company to downsize in order to compensate for the losses.

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Jaguar, a car brand couldn't sell its

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in India due to heavy tax imposed by the

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which eventually lead to the shutdown of the company leaving hundreds of workers unemployed.

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the better

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conditions

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in

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a way will leave many jobless. To summarise, on

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taxation can improve

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but it will

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