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?

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Day by day the amount of
car
users increasing. In 1888,
first
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car
introduced
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to the British market
then
it steadily
continue
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its increase. When we look at the 2000s there are nearly 29 million vehicles on British roads.
After
this
excessive usage, some
people
opine that
another types
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of transport should be promoted and governments institute new
laws
internationally in order to control
car
ownership
. Because of the global warming and traffic problems it may cause I definitely agree with
this
notion. First of all, when the number of
cars
increased
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, the roads become
stucked
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stuck
by them.
High
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number of
cars
owned by individuals may cause extraordinary traffic intensity especially
while
commuters trying to go or come back from work. In Istanbul,
for instance
, there are limited public
transports
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transport
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that’s why
people
have to use their
car
. If your home is not so close to your workplace
then
you might
spent
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at least 2 hours
while
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trying to come back to your home from work even if it is 10 minutes away in normal conditions. If
people
encouraged
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to use public transport
instead
of their own vehicles, the roads could become convenient.
Secondly
, excessive amount of
car
ownership
contributes
global
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warming. Recently, the world
have
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been
alarming
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due to
increase
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the increase
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in world temperature, climate change,
animal
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and animal
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species ceased to extinct
which
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all caused by global warming. The smoke rising from
cars
and fuel
is
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the two main detriments caused by
cars
which
affects
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the atmosphere in a bad way. Studies
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that, in Cuba, where the proportion of
car
users is the least, the quality of
weather
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is much
more
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better than
the
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metropolitans. Since
people
are more obedient
with
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laws
, international
laws
might be set in order to limit
car
ownership
. In conclusion, with
high
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increase in
car
ownership
, should
people
promoted
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with
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alternative ways of transport or international
laws
to buy a new
car
or
use
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? In my opinion, in order to control traffic intensity and prevent
from
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global warming I strongly agree that precautions should be taken.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • reliance on
  • regulate
  • traffic congestion
  • pollution
  • public health
  • sustainable development
  • alternative forms of transport
  • car ownership
  • balancing benefits and drawbacks
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