It is said by some that car users ought to foot the costs of improving road systems due to the increasing number of cars, whereas others believe that this should be at the government’s expense. In my opinion, I agree with the latter.
On the one hand, there is a cause for the payment of car users. They are responsible for road systems improvement due to their breaches of weight restrictions. Users sometimes carry oversize loads or exceed the maximum number of people in cars, which leads to serious road damage. Therefore, as a way to protect the systems, they have to be fined for their lack of awareness. For instance, car users in Vietnam must pay more than one million VND when exceeding acceptable weight limits, partly contributing to the development of transport infrastructures.
Despite the above-mentioned argument, others and I contend that the government should take responsibility for the costs for several reasons. Firstly, investment in infrastructures takes a huge amount of money, which is far beyond the car users’ capability. Moreover, they have indirectly contributed to the enhancement by paying road taxes or fines, and part of national budgets comes from these payments. In addition, one of the government’s essential roles is to provide citizens with better living standards, including the improvement of road systems. Thus, since the growing quantity of cars can make them downgraded, the government should spend more on their structures maintenance.
In conclusion, although the idea that car users are financially responsible for enhancing the systems sounds feasible, I support that the disbursement has to be made by the government.
It
is said
by
some
that
car
users
ought to foot the costs of improving
road
systems
due to the increasing number of
cars
, whereas others believe that this should be at the
government’s
expense. In my opinion, I
agree
with the latter.
On the one hand, there is a cause for the payment of
car
users
. They are responsible for
road
systems
improvement due to their breaches of weight restrictions.
Users
sometimes
carry oversize loads or exceed the maximum number of
people
in
cars
, which leads to serious
road
damage.
Therefore
, as a way to protect the
systems
, they
have to
be fined
for their lack of awareness.
For instance
,
car
users
in Vietnam
must
pay more than one million VND when exceeding acceptable weight limits, partly contributing to the development of transport infrastructures.
Despite the above-mentioned argument, others and I contend that the
government
should take responsibility for the costs for several reasons.
Firstly
, investment in infrastructures takes a huge amount of money, which is far beyond the
car
users’
capability.
Moreover
, they have
indirectly
contributed to the enhancement by paying
road
taxes or fines, and part of national budgets
comes
from these payments.
In addition
, one of the
government’s
essential roles is to provide citizens with better living standards, including the improvement of
road
systems
.
Thus
, since the growing quantity of
cars
can
make
them downgraded, the
government
should spend more on their structures maintenance.
In conclusion
, although the
idea
that
car
users
are
financially
responsible for enhancing the
systems
sounds feasible, I support that the disbursement
has to
be made
by the
government
.