The use of personal cars has increased more than ever before but this use of cars causes many problems. What are those problems? To reduce these problems, should we discourage people to use cars? Give reasons for your answers and include any relevant examples from your own experience or knowledge.

Thanks to the industrial revolution, the introduction of the chain production

system

by Ford and modern technolocial advances, nowadays it is fairly easy to produce a

car

, considering how it takes roughly 5 to 6 months to commission

one

.

Consequently

, since the

last

economic boom in the '50s, the use of personal vehicles has increased considerably, to the point where cars are not just a mean to move more efficiently, but a source of national pride

as well as

prestige:

one

example is the Italian Fiat 500, which, as the deceased Fiat's owner Agnelli said, "put Italy on wheels".

However

, it is proven how the vast distribution of single-use vehicles has major downturns, both social and climate-wise. Nowadays, the most populated areas are cities and megalopolis, which

consequently

are densely populated. Considering how, on averege, a person who resides in a metropolitan area owns a personal

car

,

one

of the most pressing problems municipal institutions need to face are traffic jams and parkings shortage: as a matter of fact, both of these concernes cause acustic pollution

as well as

air pollution, which decrease sensibly the residents' quality of life. In the worst case scenario, cities may become unsuitable for a healthy lifestyle in the near future, encouraging people to move to rural and residential areas nearby, causing considerable economical problems to vendors and business located within the city,

such

as decreasing in property value.

One

easily applicable solution would be to invest in an efficient and well thought public

transportation

system

, which would have to be even more convenient than

car

transportation

, in order to encourage the averege person to prefer the convenience of public

transportation

. In order to achieve

this

milestone, it is necessary that the

system

shall be accurately managed and inconveniences reduced to a minimun,

as well as

priced more economically convenient than personal

transportation

. Another feasable solution may be creating a city-driven

car

-sharing

system

, thanks to which up to 4 people may use the same

car

for their daily activities.

However

, studies have shown how in some instances

such

systems have actually increased the

car

demand,

therefore

worsening the problem

instead

of solving it.