More and more people in developing countries are purchasing cars for the first time. What problems does this cause? What do you think are the possible solutions?

The amount of private

cars

is rising in developing countries. There are several problems caused by the increasing

number

of

cars

. One of the problems is a serious

traffic

jam and I will discuss the problem and the solutions in

this

essay.

Although

owning a

car

is convenient for moving from one place to another, lots of

people

having their own

cars

would cause

traffic

congestion. Especially, when a

city

is developing, the old

road

might be too narrow to contain the rapidly growing population and

cars

. One of the examples is the Keelung

Road

in Taipei. The

road

was built many years ago and only can allow a few

cars

to drive through at the same time. Since more and more vehicles are on the

road

now, there is a

traffic

jam every morning when

people

go to work. There are two approaches to cope with the problem.

First,

the government should set up rules that require

car

buyers to pay more tax so potential

car

owners would lower their motivation to buy a new

car

.

Second,

the government could limit the

number

of

cars

on the

road

every day.

For instance

, to solve the serious

traffic

issue, the government in Beijing set up a strict rule to regulate

traffic

. Beijing residents could only drive into the

city

on the odd date if their

car

plate

number

is the odd

number

while

people

whose

car

plate

number

is the even

number

can drive their

car

into the

city

on the even date.

Such

regulation helps to control the

number

of

cars

entering the

city

.

Therefore

, the

number

of

cars

decreases. In conclusion, more and more

people

have their first

car

in developing countries, which causes

traffic

congestion, and the governments need to set up rules to lower the desire to purchase and limit the

number

of vehicles on the

road

.