本帖最后由 恩恩的囡囡 于 2009-3-20 12:38 编辑
Do you agree or disagree with the statement that drivers should pay a fee to be allowed to drive on the city streets during the time when there is the greatest amount of traffic?
Do you agree or disagree with the statement that drivers should pay a fee to be allowed to drive on the city streets during the time when there is the greatest amount of traffic? That is a question. Don’t you think this is just like Shakespeares line: To be or not to be? That is a question. However, when I compare the two side of the question, I find that the assent is my choice.
I want to get the ball rolling by talking about the work of the traffic police. Whenever I came across a heavy traffic jam, there must be at least one or two traffic cops at each crossroad. Yes. You got it. They are busy directing the traffic. The more cars there are, the easier a traffic jam can happen. And because of this, the more point policemen there should be. Then more money is needed to pay for them. So it’s reasonable for a driver to pay for a fee to be allowed to drive on the city streets when there is the busiest traffic jam.
Besides the police’s salary problem, there is the streets’ requirement. It cannot be denied that if there are too more cars on a street, the speed of the street to be broken is accelerated. When a street is breaking or has been broken, it must be repaired as soon as possible. Or there may be more and more complaint of such problems. And people will be really dissatisfied with the government. To avoid such kind of problem, the advice about collecting fees should be accepted.
Paying money for mending the streets is true, but it’s also a fact that the concept of saving money is in human’s nature. When there’s no fee should be paid before driving to the city streets. People will be lazy to walk anywhere, even a distance of five-minute walk. As long as there is a clause of paying fee, people may choose walk to some places nearby, such as the supermarket near their apartments. At the other hand, the decreasing of car using can help improve the air pollution. For there would be less harmful gases released into the air.
With so many helpful functions, why not make such a formula that drivers should pay a fee if they want to drive on the city streets during the time when there is the heaviest traffic.
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