Road accidents have always been the main concern as the solution for this situation is still a debatable discussion. Strict punishment for driving offences has been suggested as a key to reduce the frequency of traffic accidents. However, some people believe that other measures should be taken in order to improve road safety. Personally, I can understand these two opposing points of views. While I agree that punishment can be an effective way to reduce accidents, I also believe that it can be combined with other methods as well to solve the problem.
On the one hand, I understand why strict punishments are needed in maintaining traffic order. If it had not been for the heavy fines, people would not voluntarily follow the rules and regulations and would break them if possible. In my country, for example, the number of deaths caused by drive accidents has risen significantly in recent years, especially around occasions like Tet holiday when traffic police does not appear very frequently. As a result, people drive more recklessly and break many rules because they are not afraid of being caught or charged with a heavy fine. Strict punishments, in a way, have served as a reminder for people to follow the rules when driving on the streets.
On the other hand, I also appreciate the view that other measures are required beside the punishment to improve the road safety. While fines can be effective in reminding people not to make the same mistakes again, in the long run, it may cause certain backfire effects onto the behaviour of people. In some cases, they may no longer care or even ignore the rules as the fine is not effective anymore to alter their behaviour. In my opinion, other methods such as graphic or visual advertisements that send out educational messages about road rules will be more effective, as it can approach to a large audience at a wider scale. Promoting and encouraging people to follow transport rules through media like TV, radio or newspapers would enhance awareness, thus making them more likely to change their behaviour.
All in all, even though strict punishments can be applied as one of the methods to increase transportation safety, it cannot be considered as the key measure to resolve the issue. I believe that there are other more important methods that can contribute much significant impact to the situation. 
 Road
  accidents
 have always been the main concern as the solution for this situation is  
still
 a debatable discussion.  
Strict
  punishment
 for driving  
offences
 has  
been suggested
 as a key to  
reduce
 the frequency of traffic  
accidents
.  
However
,  
some
  people
 believe that  
other
 measures should  
be taken
 in order to  
improve
  road
 safety.  
Personally
, I can understand these two opposing points of views. While I  
agree
 that  
punishment
 can be an  
effective
 way to  
reduce
  accidents
, I  
also
 believe that it can  
be combined
 with  
other
  methods
  as well
 to solve the problem.
On the one hand, I understand why  
strict
  punishments
  are needed
 in maintaining traffic order. If it had not been for the heavy  
fines
,  
people
 would not  
voluntarily
 follow the  
rules
 and regulations and would break them if possible. In my country,  
for example
, the number of deaths caused by drive  
accidents
 has risen  
significantly
 in recent years,  
especially
 around occasions like Tet holiday when traffic police does not appear  
very
  frequently
.  
As a result
,  
people
 drive more  
recklessly
 and break  
many
  rules
  because
 they are not afraid of  
being caught
 or charged with a heavy  
fine
.  
Strict
  punishments
, in a way, have served as a reminder for  
people
 to follow the  
rules
 when driving on the streets.
On the  
other
 hand, I  
also
 appreciate the view that  
other
 measures  
are required
 beside the  
punishment
 to  
improve
 the  
road
 safety. While  
fines
 can be  
effective
 in reminding  
people
 not to  
make
 the same mistakes again, in the long run, it may cause certain backfire effects onto the  
behaviour
 of  
people
. In  
some
 cases, they may no longer care or even  
ignore
 the  
rules
 as the  
fine
 is not  
effective
 anymore to alter their  
behaviour
. In my opinion,  
other
  methods
 such as graphic or visual advertisements that  
send
 out educational messages about  
road
  rules
 will be more  
effective
, as it can approach to a large audience at a wider scale. Promoting and encouraging  
people
 to follow transport  
rules
 through media like TV, radio or newspapers would enhance awareness,  
thus
 making them more likely to  
change
 their  
behaviour
.
All in all,  
even though
  strict
  punishments
 can  
be applied
 as one of the  
methods
 to increase transportation safety, it cannot  
be considered
 as the key measure to resolve the issue. I believe that there are  
other
 more  
important
  methods
 that can contribute much significant impact to the situation.