Being a teenager and only having my
driver’s license for a short time, I’m only allowed to take a car when my
parents let me. They have this right since they’re the ones who own the car and
I’m still a kid, but the government shouldn’t have this right too.
In France the government is putting
restrictions on when people can drive their own cars. Due to the rise in the
pollution level in France, citizens are only allowed to drive their cars every
other day. They’ve been monitoring this based on if your registration number
ends with an even or odd number.
In my opinion, if people have the
means to own a car, they should be able to use it. People don’t buy cars just
to have them; they are necessary in today’s society for many people. Adults can’t
just go to work or drive their children to school every other day. And yes,
arrangements can be made in terms of carpooling or public transportation, but
what about in cases of emergency? In France they had hundreds of police on the
streets to make sure only the even and odd numbered cars were out on their
designated days. So what happens if an odd car is on the way to the emergency
room on an even day? Being pulled over is definitely not the ideal situation in
such a scenario.
Beyond that, by controlling when
citizens can drive their cars I think the government is intruding too far into
the personal lives of the people. What’s next, telling people when they can
turn on their lights or their televisions? There are other ways to combat
global warming without compromising the rights of the people. If this were to happen
in America, how would Americans react?
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