As more and more people drive cars in major cities, the number of serious accidents grows each year. Some people believe that the best way to address this problem is to reduce the speed limit on city streets while others disagree and think that there are more pressing issues that need to be addressed to keep people safe. Although speeding is an issue, I agree that more needs to be done to ensure that everyone can travel without fear. This essay will consider the different viewpoints before deciding what is the best solution.
There are some that see speeding as the main reason why people are involved in motor vehicle accidents and think that driving slower would solve the problem. Indeed, if people maintained a safe speed throughout the city, the risk and frequency of traffic accidents would clearly be reduced as the faster a car travel, the more damage it can do to whatever it hits. Many cities around the world adopted very low speed limits over the last decade and there is some evidence that there have been fewer incidents and far fewer serious accidents within the city limits.
However, there are others who would say that the problem is more about people driving while distracted and that heavy penalties to address this issue would be more effective in improving the situation. It’s hard not to notice that many drivers are looking down at their phones and not on the road while driving. The dangers of not paying attention are obvious and, in fact, the number one cause of traffic accidents in recent times is reported to be a distraction as people text or email while they are in the driver’s seat not watching where they are going.
In my opinion, both views have merit, but the best way to solve this problem is to make sure the government provides the funding for law enforcement. Without the manpower and budget for crime detection and policing to catch offenders, many will continue to break the texting and speeding laws if they know they can get away with it. Cities that have allocated enough money to their police force and empowered them to come up with ways to catch distracted and aggressive drivers have made their metropolises safer.
City streets need to be safer for everyone and speeding and distracted drivers are a problem. If the proper funding is given to law enforcement to catch and punish those who break safe driving laws, city dwellers will feel more at ease on the roads.
As more and more
people
drive cars in major
cities
, the number of serious
accidents
grows each year.
Some
people
believe that the best way to address this
problem
is to
reduce
the speed limit on city streets while others disagree and
think
that there are more pressing issues that need to
be addressed
to
keep
people
safe. Although
speeding
is an issue, I
agree
that more needs to
be done
to ensure that everyone can travel without fear. This essay will consider the
different
viewpoints
before
deciding what is the best solution.
There are
some
that
see
speeding
as the main reason why
people
are involved
in motor vehicle
accidents
and
think
that
driving
slower would solve the
problem
.
Indeed
, if
people
maintained a safe speed throughout the city, the
risk
and frequency of traffic
accidents
would
clearly
be
reduced
as the faster a car travel, the more damage it can do to whatever it hits.
Many
cities
around the world adopted
very
low speed limits over the last decade and there is
some
evidence that there have been fewer incidents and far fewer serious
accidents
within the city limits.
However
, there are others who would say that the
problem
is more about
people
driving
while distracted and that heavy penalties to address this issue would be more effective in improving the situation. It’s
hard
not to notice that
many
drivers
are looking down at their phones and not on the road while
driving
. The
dangers
of not paying attention are obvious and, in fact, the number one cause of traffic
accidents
in recent times
is reported
to be a distraction as
people
text or email while they are in the
driver’s
seat not watching where they are going.
In my opinion, both views have merit,
but
the best way to solve this
problem
is to
make
sure the
government
provides the funding for
law
enforcement. Without the manpower and budget for crime detection and policing to catch offenders,
many
will continue to break the texting and
speeding
laws
if they know they can
get
away with it.
Cities
that have allocated
enough
money to their police force and empowered them to
come
up with ways to catch distracted and aggressive
drivers
have made their metropolises safer.
City streets need to be safer for everyone and
speeding
and distracted
drivers
are a
problem
. If the proper funding is
given
to
law
enforcement to catch and punish those who break safe
driving
laws
, city dwellers will feel more at
ease
on the roads.