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In many countries, more people than ever before drive private cars. Do you think the advantage of this development outweigh the disadvantage?

#countries #people #drive #cars #advantage #development
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decade
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 the volume of people who use personal vehicles is
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at all
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all time
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 high.
This
 happens largely
due to
 the ever-increasing pace of our everyday lives. In
this
essay
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 I would like to compare
pros
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the pros
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 and cons of
this
 phenomenon. For many people everyday commute to work via
car
 is the only feasible option.
This
 is largely
due to
 poor public transport infrastructure even in many developed countries. The
situation
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 even more unappealing for the individuals who live in rural areas where no other option is present. The benefits of owning a
car
also
 include freedom of travel and independence from schedules and fixed routes that public transport
require
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. One other
raising
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rising
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 trend which I personally prefer is
car
 sharing. It provides the convenience of having a
car
 with no trouble
of
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maintaining it The possible drawbacks include heavy traffic jams and
pollutions
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pollution
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 from exhaust pipes.
This
 creates
the
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 variety of problems for city residents and has
negative
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a negative
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environment
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 impact. But not all problems are unsolvable.
For example
, the popular trend of replacing conventional
cars
 with
their
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electric versions has to improve the ecological disadvantages. And
traffic
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 jams may
also
 be fixed in the future when the
car
 companies develop and present driverless
cars
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car
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 technology where the
cars
gets
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get
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 to be summoned on demand and communicate
to
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with
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 one another as one fleet. In conclusion, I think the advantage of
increasing
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the increasing
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 trend for
population
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the population
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 to drive personal
cars
 in terms of convenient commute to work, personal freedom and independence trumps the negatives,
such
 as heavy traffic and pollution from ignition
system
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.
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