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Private Vehicle in the Society

Issue:

The private motor vehicle has greatly improved individual freedom of movement, moreover the automobile has become a status symbol.  In that way, private vehicle takes important role in our daily life. On the other hand, it also causes many serious problems.

Arguments for:

Private motor vehicle saves driving time. People can move flexibly from one place to other place by private motor vehicle. They don’t need to wait for bus or other public transportation whenever they want to go to other place. 

Private motor vehicle also gives economy benefit to the society, such as in job and wealth creation. For example in automobile production and maintenance, transportation provision, society wellbeing derived from leisure and travel opportunities, and revenue generation from the tax opportunities. If there aren’t private vehicle, people who work in the car and motorcycle factory will lost their job. Many workshops will be closed because they don’t get any customer that want to repair their vehicle. From that, the number of jobless people will be increased and so will the criminalities rates. Moreover, if there isn’t private motor vehicle, the amount of government revenue from private vehicle taxes will be decreased extremely.

Argument against:

On the other hand, private vehicle is the main reason of the traffic jam. In the big city like Jakarta, traffic jam is becoming a serious problem. There are so many cars crowded on the road and cause the traffic jam. A lot of time is wasted in the road because of traffic jam. People have to spend 1 to 2 hour to get to a place that actually can be reached in 15 minutes only.

Moreover, Private vehicle also causes air pollution. The rates of pollution in the big city have reached a worrying degree. In many big cities, the private vehicle, especially private automobile is the greatest polluter. Driving a private car is a typical citizen's most air polluting activity. The air pollution is one of the causes of global warming. The gas emission that produced by motor vehicle will form glass house effect. This phenomenon of glass house effect causes our earth become warmer from time to time. It has been reported that the ice in north and south poles are starting to melt. Imagine what will happen if all the ice in north and south poles are melting. We should think about this problem seriously.

The other problem is motor vehicle needs fuel. As we know, fossil fuel is one of natural resource that can’t be renewed. As can as possible we have to use it wisely and reduce the unimportant use of fossil fuel. Today, there are new inventions of automobile that use solar energy. But this technology is very expensive and hasn’t been produced in great number. It is only used in some places like in the golf field. Moreover, it can’t be used at night.

Recommendation:

Private motor vehicle and automobile has become part of our life. It makes our life easier but also causes a lot of problem. Reducing the use of motor vehicle can be one alternative to minimize the problem. We use private motor vehicle only for long distances. For the short distances, we can go on foot or use bicycle. In that way, we not only save fossil fuel and against global warming but also keep our body healthy.