Automobile Vehicles: The Negative Effects Of Automobiles

We all need to get from one place to another, such as getting to work, preceding to school, or traveling on a road trip. Few individuals use different methods to get to our destination such as walking, biking, or public transportation. It’s clear to see that most of people use their motor vehicles to get around. Automobiles negatively impact people’s lives, but consumers are blinded by the idea of a new and fast car with a shiny paintjob; the idea traveling anywhere, but not being able to see what the hidden negative impacts that affects consumers in the long run. As a result, dealerships, traffic, fees, and environmental pollution plague automobile owners without them having a clue. In question, does the average consumer need to own a car while experiencing all these negative effects, or is there a better alternative?

In fact, automobile owners don’t have the realization that their vehicles are money eating machines. For instance, Erin Stepp (2015), author of Annual Cost to own operate a Vehicle, states that, “the annual cost to own, and operate a vehicle has fallen to $8,698”. Certainty, automobile owners are curious to know as to why they pay a substantial amount to own an automobile?

But, it seems we always run into a traffic jam on of those days. Why do they happen? According the San Antonio, “Traffic jams on the way to or from work ate, on average, 38 hours of commuters ' lives that year, up from 34 hours the year before, researchers from the Texas A&M University Transportation Institute found in an annual survey. That 's nearly four hours longer than the average workweek.”(San Antonio). People would think the solution to fixing traffic jams would be to make more roads, right? Nope, there is a concept called induced demand and no matter how many roads we build to accommodate the demand for Vehicles, the demand will still remain as high as it was before (Adam