Car Effect On Human Daily Life Jiaheng Li (Henry) Student number：227406 Instructor: Nikole Pascetta Running Head: CAR EFFECT1 CAR EFFECT8 York University Car Effect On Human Daily Life Introduction The number of cars worldwide exceeded one billion in the year 2010 according to wardsauto.com. This means that more people prefer to use cars when travelling or moving around. More cars are being manufactured and there are improvements as technology continues to advance. A professor of History explains the history of gasoline powered vehicles in the online article ‘The Automobile and the Environment in American History.’ The article notes that the first gasoline powered car was manufactured in Germany in the year 1886 (Melosi, n.d.). Professor Melosi adds that these vehicles gained popularity over vehicles powered by steam and electricity because gasoline was easily available. The History professor lists the changes made to the vehicles which are; the designs, the size, the weight, and how powerful the engines are. A report on world’s auto industry indicates that in in 1970, the number of cars reached two hundred and fifty million (Sousanis, 2011). The report adds that 1986, the number of cars reached 500 million, in 2009, cars totaled 980 million, while in 2010, the number of cars exceeded one billion. This growth shows that more and more cars will be in use as years go by. There are advantages as well as disadvantages to increased use of cars which need to be carefully addressed as they affect human daily life. Although cars are important to human life, increased use causes traffic congestion which affects the economy, and human health. The Advantages of Cars and the Future of Cars Cars are a major part of life, they bring many advantages and make life easier. Two major advantages of using cars are; transport and speed. According to three researchers who focus on improving urban mobility, these has been a significant change in the transport sector as more people own private vehicles (Almeida, Silva & Leite, 2017, p. 32). Almeida and his two research colleagues add that the increased use of private cars has resulted in greater accessibility. Crane, Ecola, Hassel and Nataraj (2012) note that today, cars have become affordable and as a result, they provide mobility which helps people shop for groceries, go to school, attend religious institutions, and vacation (p. 19). Therefore, mobility and accessibility provided by cars has made movement easier, freer, and faster. All in all, this makes daily life better. Cars offer us both positive and negative effects. The positive effects are experiences arising from a reverse of the disadvantages of the use of cars. According to Abelsohn, Bray, Vakil and Elliott (2005), there has been an increase in the use of cars and as a result, there is “a corresponding increase in smog, air pollution, fatalities and the related health affects” (p. 6). This means is that if there are no cars, the quality of daily hum ...

1. Car Effect On Human Daily Life
Jiaheng Li (Henry)
Student number：227406
Instructor: Nikole Pascetta
Running Head: CAR EFFECT1
CAR EFFECT8
York University
Car Effect On Human Daily Life
Introduction
The number of cars worldwide exceeded one billion in the year
2010 according to wardsauto.com. This means that more people
prefer to use cars when travelling or moving around. More cars
are being manufactured and there are improvements as
technology continues to advance. A professor of History
explains the history of gasoline powered vehicles in the online
article ‘The Automobile and the Environment in American
History.’ The article notes that the first gasoline powered car
was manufactured in Germany in the year 1886 (Melosi, n.d.).
Professor Melosi adds that these vehicles gained popularity over
vehicles powered by steam and electricity because gasoline was

2. easily available. The History professor lists the changes made to
the vehicles which are; the designs, the size, the weight, and
how powerful the engines are. A report on world’s auto industry
indicates that in in 1970, the number of cars reached two
hundred and fifty million (Sousanis, 2011). The report adds that
1986, the number of cars reached 500 million, in 2009, cars
totaled 980 million, while in 2010, the number of cars exceeded
one billion. This growth shows that more and more cars will be
in use as years go by. There are advantages as well as
disadvantages to increased use of cars which need to be
carefully addressed as they affect human daily life. Although
cars are important to human life, increased use causes traffic
congestion which affects the economy, and human health.
The Advantages of Cars and the Future of Cars
Cars are a major part of life, they bring many advantages and
make life easier. Two major advantages of using cars are;
transport and speed. According to three researchers who focus
on improving urban mobility, these has been a significant
change in the transport sector as more people own private
vehicles (Almeida, Silva & Leite, 2017, p. 32). Almeida and his
two research colleagues add that the increased use of private
cars has resulted in greater accessibility. Crane, Ecola, Hassel
and Nataraj (2012) note that today, cars have become affordable
and as a result, they provide mobility which helps people shop
for groceries, go to school, attend religious institutions, and
vacation (p. 19). Therefore, mobility and accessibility provided
by cars has made movement easier, freer, and faster. All in all,
this makes daily life better.
Cars offer us both positive and negative effects. The positive
effects are experiences arising from a reverse of the
disadvantages of the use of cars. According to Abelsohn, Bray,
Vakil and Elliott (2005), there has been an increase in the use of
cars and as a result, there is “a corresponding increase in smog,
air pollution, fatalities and the related health affects” (p. 6).
This means is that if there are no cars, the quality of daily
human life will be improved. There will be less car accidents

3. and less people will be injured and less people will die from
accidents. Illnesses caused by air pollution such as breathing
complications will also reduce. Crane, Ecola, Hassel and
Nataraj note that cars have changed for the better “where people
live and work and how they go about their daily lives” (2012, p.
19). Therefore, without cars, life become a challenge.
As technology continues to improve, so do car technologies
which aim to make cars more efficient in terms of energy use
and safety. Improving hybrid vehicles for future use is
necessary in order have cars which pollute environment less for
example electric vehicles (Silberglitt, 2009, p. 121).
Traffic Congestion and the Economy
Although cars have many advantages, their bad effects can not
be ignored. In this paragraph, I will discuss traffic congestion
and its effect on the economy. Traffic congestion is bound to
become more and more serious. According to a Cambridge
report, statistics show traffic congestion is linked to population
increase and growth in employment. The report notes that
population and economic activity are major factors which
determine transportation activity, citing continuous growth of
these factors since 1982 as the reason why traffic congestion
has increased over the years (Traffic Congestion and
Reliability: Linking
Solution
s to Problems, 2004). The impacts of traffic congestion cannot
be ignored as they negatively affect the economy. A study on
the economic impacts of traffic congestion in the United States
metropolitan areas reveals that job growth is delayed by traffic

4. congestion. The researcher further explains that delay in
commuting slows productivity and as a result, job growth slows,
as so does economic growth (Sweet, 2014). The Cambridge
report on traffic congestion explains that initially congestion
used to occur during “rush hour” as people travelled to and from
work, but now congestion is experienced even during hours
considered off-peak (Traffic Congestion and Reliability:
Linking