The problems

Cars cause a lot of problems. Here are some of them. Put them in order from 1 to 7 (1 for the biggest problem, 7 for the smallest problem, in your opinion).

- The roads are too busy. People driving in cities or on the motorway often have to sit in traffic jams.

- Towns are often designed for cars, not for people. On some roads, pedestrians have to use dark, dirty subways to get across the road.

- Modem cars can go very fast. However, why have a car that can travel at 240 kilometres per hour when the speed limit in Britain is 110 kilometres per hour on the motorway and 50 kilometres per hour in towns? It just encourages people to break the speed limit.

- The noise of traffic causes stress for people who live and work near busy roads.

- Finding a parking space in cities and towns is often almost impossible.

- Cars create a great deal of pollution. Air pollution is getting worse because more and more people own cars.

- Every time you get into a car you risk having an accident.

Solutions from around the world

Different countries have different ways of reducing traffic. Tick the ones that you think are good ideas.

- In Britain the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution has asked the government to increase the price of petrol.

- In Paris, France, where the pollution is really bad, the underground, buses and trains are free.

- In Bern, Switzerland, drivers have to get a permit to park in the city. This has reduced traffic in the city by 15% since 1992.

- In Toronto, Canada, Highway 407 uses cameras to read car registration numbers. Then computers charge drivers for the number of kilometers they travel on the highway.

- In Singapore, car drivers have to pay to enter the city. There is also a limit on the number of new cars every year.

- In Cuba, not many people can afford to own a car. People who are on their own in a car have to stop and take passengers.

- In the Netherlands, there isn't such a big problem with traffic as in other countries. This is because every town and city has plenty of cycle lanes, so people travel on bicycles much more.

3. Answer the questions:

Do cars improve people’s life?

What do lots of teenagers’ dream of?

Do cars cause a lot of problems?

What are the biggest problems which the cars cause?

What are the solutions of these problems?

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