▶ Your Answer : Some people may think that people who drive their private cars during rush hour in a bustling city should be charged a fee. However, I think that people should not be charged extra fees on using their own cars during rush hour in a bustling city. This is because other incentives can let people not to use their own cars during rush hour, and it is not fair to charge extra fees only on people who use their private cars in a rush hour.
To begin with, people can stop usage of their own cars when being provided with other incentives. Discounting public transportation fees or increasing the convenience of public transportation can lead people not to use their own cars. Since the costs to use one's own car are burdensome to individuals, people would easily change their decisions on using their cars when being offered favorable incentives. According to a survey conducted by the University of California, people who have lived in California, which has many bustling cities, responded that they would not use their own cars, if they were offered by favorable incentives. They agreed discounting public transportation fees or improving the convenience of subways or buses can be one of them. This can indicate that people can cease using their own cars when offered by favorable incentives.
On top of that, charging extra fees only on people who use their cars during rush hour is not fair at all. Rush hours in cities are made when most people in the cities need to use their own cars simultaneously in certain times. They may have to commute to the workplace in the morning, or to go important meeting places in lunch hours. However, charging fees to these kind of people is to invade their liberties to use their own cars and unfair, since they use them necessarily by particular reasons. If people had felt rush hours were uncomfortable and other ways to replace their usage of their private cars would have been existing, they would have chosen them. According to a research conducted by the Texas University, more than 70% of people who have lived in Texas responded that they have had no choice but to use their own cars during rush hour. They have not had any available alternatives not to use their own cars during rush hour and this have leaded traffic congestions in bustling cities in Texas.
To sum up, people can deter using their own cars by other incentives, and charging fees only on people who use their own cars during rush hour is unfair. For these reasons, I disagree with the statement that a person who drives his or her car during rush hour in a crowded city should be charged a fee. |