Some of the major reasons why many call for the need to restrict one family to a car each are due to the environmental concern it poses to our society, such as carbon emissions and traffic congestion. With these two major issues, the most talked-about solution to this is to reduce the number of cars we have on the road, which can be easily achieved when you limit a family to one car each, but is that truly a lasting solution? I, for one, see it as a good step forward, yet deem it a double-edged sword, except some other things are put in place to cement our journey towards having a better society.
Like I said above, there's no debate about if having one car per family would help us reduce the rate of traffic congestion and carbon emissions or not, because it definitely would. We all know that the more vehicles we have on the road, the more carbon that'll be emitted into the atmosphere, and that's why this step benefits our environment in many ways, some of which are highlighted below.
Reducing numbers of cars thanks to the one-car-per-family rule will make us have cleaner air, although not 100% perfect, but it won't be as severe as it used to be, because the limited numbers of cars on the road mean reduced exhaust fumes that'll be emitted into our air; also, this will lead to less traffic congestion. The major reason we have traffic congestion is because everyone wants to own and drive a car, and this leads to traffic congestion on our road, which causes delays and the like, but with this new rule implemented, it'll make us have fewer cars on the road and ease the traffic and go on to save time.
Last but not least on the benefits such a rule would have on our environment is the fact that it'll encourage people to seek alternatives, which will go on to improve the quality of life and free air. One of such alternatives is public transportation, bicycles, and the like, which will go on to drastically reduce carbon emissions and traffic congestion on our roads.
Now it's worth noting and widely known that every solution has its downside, and that's how this particular rule, if implemented, will also have its, and here I highlighted some of the possible challenges this rule will pose to not just the family but the society at large, and they're as slated below.
Starting with its economic implications, when the numbers of cars being purchased drastically reduce, it's worth noting that this would also affect our automotive industry and economy at large because there'll be a need to let go of some staff and close some branches, which not only leads to losses of jobs but also affects sales and the economy of the nation.
Also, if a paraventure one has a large family and also has to abide by the one car per family rule, then we can all agree that it'll affect a lot of things, as all the family might have to depend on this single car to convey the children to school and then drive all adults one after the other to their workplace; overall, this might lead to arriving late at work and the likes, not forgetting the impact it'll have on rural areas; on a norm we all know, there's hardly any public transport that works in such areas, so limiting these people to one car each can go on to affect their way of life and access to different places they need to be, and that's why I said earlier that only the rule can't bring about the lasting solution we desire.
Like I said, although the rule seems like a good call for the greater good, and I stand by it, even though it'll give families some challenges and a need to restrategize some of their routine, if the law were only implemented because of the carbon emissions that lead to air pollution, then I won't see it as a good solution because reducing the amount of cars on the road won't stop the carbon emissions; it'll only reduce it, and what we should be looking into are alternative vehicles that won't emit such into our environment; that, alongside encouraging public transport, would solve the issue of air pollution and traffic congestion we face on a daily basis.
So my sustainable solution to this is encouraging the use of electric vehicles, although the government would also need to subsidize the price because it's very expensive, and if that can be done, we'll have a safer society with free, breathable air, because these types of vehicles don't emit carbon.
Also, alongside the electric vehicles introduction, one thing we should also invest in and encourage its use is public transportation. If the government and private companies can put good and quality electric buses on the road, it'll not only eradicate the bad public vehicles we used to have but go on to eradicate carbon emissions and traffic jams on our roads.
So that's my take on this subject matter. If these things can be put in place alongside the one car per family rule, then it won't be much of a big deal in the end, even though it might need some adjustments and getting used to by the family, but we'll all know it's for the greater good.
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