Advantages And Disadvantages Of Life Without A Car

I am a 15 year old girl, soon turning 16 and will, hopefully, be getting my driver’s license. There is only one problem I don’t have a car and my parents don’t want me driving their cars alone, so, therefore, I can’t ever really drive around like I need to. If I got a car, it would change everything. It would give everyone else more time, not having to worry about who is going to pick me up and all of the confusion.

Life on the road means being completely dependent on nature. Many people travel outdoors because of the compelling beauty of nature. Travelers of the road do it for the thrill, and others for soul-seeking. Nature has a strong effect on humans, whether it’s positive or negative. For example, a travel can either end in acknowledging the beauty of nature or a fatal accident. So many famous writers and philosophers write about the value of nature; Henry David Thoreau, Jack London, Boris Pasternak, and many others. Life on the road has its advantages and disadvantages. This can be seen when Jon Krakauer wrote about Chris McCandless, a very famous traveler and an intelligent man, after his death in the book, Into the Wild. Chris McCandless was a

I'm now in college and I have a job. Which means I can now afford a car. I can't afford the car insurance on my own, unfortunately. One reason I can't afford car insurance is because I work part-time, on minimum wage, and I am a full-time college student. The fact that I am 19 years old is a huge factor of car insurance being costly and difficult for me. If I were a middle-aged women it wouldn't be so difficult because of the age factor. Car

As a seventeen year old who is currently in between jobs (I’m only babysitting for a family two or three times a month), I do not have to travel very often or very far. It is because of this that I typically only travel to five different locations from my home. On the nights that I am babysitting, I travel 18 miles to the family’s home. I also travel to the local farmer’s market, which is only one mile away, the gym (6.5 miles away), church (18 miles), and to the movies (6 miles). In order to get to these places I drive the family car, which is a 2007 KIA Sportage and it is an efficient means of transportation.

The use of IoT in the development of autonomous vehicles has led to the general reduction of fatalities (Sheng et.al, 2013). The reduction of fatalities is from the following aspects of driverless cars which are improved on by the use of IoT in the vehicle technology.

Depending on the type of city, you could survive without either a driver’s license or a car; many people who live in cities have neither and depend on public transportation.

Watching “SpongeBob SquarePants” as a child made me realize that owning a vehicle is vital in order to get our desire destinations safely and punctual. There were numerous occasions where I found myself dependent on others. Though there are countless of bus stops I can use for transportation, I am not comfortable riding in one. Walking is another type transportation I took for school and work. However, a rainy day impedes a travel by foot. Additionally, riding my bicycle was another way I got around. My errands require extensive transportation on a daily basis. I did not want to be a burden any further. Luckily, I discovered Uber. I am pleased and relieved that I have discovered a reliable way to get to my destinations at a reasonable price.

Some of them are unavoidable, such as car insurance, gas, and maintenance. Others are more unpredictable: car repair, accidents, tickets, and fines can be a major problem for a student. “At Wayne State University, 98 percent of its students brought cars to campus in 2013-2014,” according U.S. News data in the article Universities Where the Most Students Brought Cars to Campus. Driving cars can be very convenient, but also can bring a lot of complications for reckless students. For instance, most students are immature and they like to show off their racing skills, but at the same time, it can be very complicated if an accident happens. Hurting or killing someone is not something that can be dealt with easily, and also it can compromise economic situation of the people who caused the accident. It is impossible to predict those problems, but it is possible to avoid them by purchasing a bicycle. Using a bicycle to go close to places where one does not necessarily need a car, can be a good cardio workout. Students do not need to worry about parking spots, wastage of gas, and

If you happen to get into a crash, you should immediately pull to the side of the road and stop. If

Compare this to the 36 seconds for a ride with an average price of $4.00 that NYC Uber passengers currently enjoy. Additionally, consider that it is already more cost effective to use a ride-sharing service rather own a car if you live in a city and drive less than 10,000 miles a year. This means that as automation advances, ride-sharing will increasingly be a cheaper and more attractive option and personal vehicles will greatly diminish. The future of transportation could conceivably be large fleets of autonomous vehicles serving as the central mode of transportation.

The car has had many benefits since the early 1900’s. More jobs have been created putting the people into to work. Also the car has given people freedom to travel where they want. The benefits of the car outweigh the effects it has.

Since the invention of automobiles, they have become a representation of one’s wealth and pride, this is seen with many famous people, like Floyd Mayweather, who has $15 million worth of cars in his garage that he doesn’t drive (Manfred). Though having a nice car makes people feel good about themselves, not everyone has the ability to drive a nice car, usually due to a lack of money. When someone crashes their car, there is a price to pay, not only for the driver and the victim, but also the country. A report by USA Today in 2014 showed that car crashes cost the country $871 billion per year (Copeland). If the United States is spending that much money on car crashes per year, then there must be a solution. States and the government have tried

Autonomous cars were first thought up back in the 1930’s, but were never fully researched. Five years ago, Google announced that it would begin production of these modern marvels and around two years ago, driverless cars began to make their way to the streets for testing. In 2012, that these cars started to pick up speed (pun intended) and became popular. This year marks a grand milestone for the developers of the driverless car as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, “is widely expected to announce standards and mandates for car-borne beacons” (Fisher, 2013). Currently, research and testing occurs quite often in the West Coast of the U.S. California and Arizona because of the open roads. So far three states have legalized Google’s driverless cars, but there is no law that requires cars to have drivers in the first place.

Cars need to be central in our lives, because without them we couldn’t do much. Without a car you would have to live in walking distance from your job. Also you have to live in walking distance of a grocery store or you can’t have food or snacks in your home. You are also stuck inside the city you live and if you don’t have a car it’s hard to go different places.

The average American works a nine to five job five days a week; most schools are dismissed around three o’clock. That leaves a two hour gap a student has to wait before they have transportation. Many college applications require a minimum amount of volunteer work a student must do before they can be accepted. Students who cannot drive themselves may miss out on some opportunities to help their community. By allowing students to drive we can help them prepare for college while also helping their