Some people think that strict punishments for driving offences are the key to reducing traffic accidents. Others, however, believe that other measures would be more effective in improving road safety. Discuss both these views and give your own opinion.

Several
people
belief
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that strict
punishment
for driving offences
are
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the solution to decreasing
traffic
accident
.
On the other hand
, others argue that other
measures
would be more efficient in increasing
road
safety. Both arguments
has
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potential and threat. To my way of thinking. other
measures
is
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are
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more creative than strict
punishment
. So, it has more
benefit
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benefits
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for all parties, either for the law enforcer or for the
driver
. In
current
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the current
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era,
humanity
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the humanity
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approach
is more popular than
repressive
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the repressive
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approach
. To make
people
obey the rules, it
is need
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needs
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other
measures
,
besides
strict
punishment
, that
more
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are more
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humanist.
One
of the examples of the
measures
is giving
reward
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for
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whom obey the limitation of speed.
People
will
competing
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be competing
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to drive under the speed
limitation
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to get the reward.
This
condition can
decreasing
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decrease
be decreasing
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the possibility of
traffic
accident
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accidents
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.
Besides
, the other
measures
is
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are
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the policy of government like building facilities on the
road
. Specifically, street lighting is very important to make sure the safety of the
road
. Nowadays,
repressive
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a repressive
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approach
has been started to leave by modern society.
One
of the examples from
repressive
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the repressive
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approach
is strict
punishment
.
People
belief
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believe
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that strict
punishment
cannot make
people
afraid to
committing
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the
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offence, especially for driving
offence
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offences
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. Even though the
driver
get
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the
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a
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strict
punishment
, it
is not guarantee
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does not guarantee
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the
driver
not
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does not
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repeat the offence.
Moreover
, if the offender has
lot
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a lot
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of money. So, it
is need
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other
measures
to make the
driver
obey the rules on the
road
. There are two
way
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ways
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of thinking to
decreasing
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decrease
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traffic
accident
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accidents
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. The first
one
is strict
punishment
and the second
one
is other
measures
. Both of them has
a
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purpose
to
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of
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decreasing
traffic
accident
. Actually,
in
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at
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the
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apply
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present, strict
punishment
cannot guarantee the offender do the same mistake.
On the other hand
, other
measures
that
more
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are more
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creative can make
people
competing
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compete
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to always obey the
traffic
rules. In my opinion, other
measures
is
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are
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more effective
to
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in
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reducing
traffic
the
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apply
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accident
than strict
punishment
.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • deterrent
  • repeat offenses
  • infrastructure improvements
  • public awareness campaigns
  • reckless driving
  • traffic management technologies
  • intelligent traffic lights
  • speed cameras
  • public transportation
  • minimize
  • enhance safety
  • allocate funds
  • road signs
  • road safety
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