The number of accidents is increasing day by day all over the world, even in the advanced countries. There are several reasons for this. The governments of all the nations take many important steps in bringing down the number of the accidents and enforces the rules and regulations of the roads. I feel most of the responsibility must be shouldered by the individual himself. It is his own life, which is endangered.
In most of the instances we see that it is the individual himself that is responsible for the accident. They are either ignorant or careless about the traffic rules. Some people have no road manners. They always want to get ahead of others. They are not self-disciplined.
The pace of life has increased. People are always in a hurry.As the population is increasing steadily the number of vehicles is also increasing day by day. Hence increases the traffic on the roads.
Some people don’t maintain their vehicles well. They don’t have their front or backlight in working conditions. They use loud horns, which distracts other travellers.
Drowsiness is another common cause of accidents. Those who undertake long journeys and haven’t drive for long hours are likely to experience drowsiness while driving.
Sometimes the driver is drunk. This is particularly true in the case of truck drivers. In America the host does not allow his guests to drive in a drunken state for in case of an accident it is the host who gets penalized. He takes necessary precautions by making a guest to drop the drunken guest or get him a taxi.
The youngsters play loud music or indulge in conversation while driving.
Sometimes the parents allow their young children to drive vehicles although they are unengaged. Parents should not give such liberties to their youngsters. Instead they should educate them about traffic manners.
Hence we can easily see why the individual himself must be responsible for the safety of his life.
The government should increase awareness about the traffic rules among the people through media like television, newspapers, magazines, etc. Children should be taught traffic rules in schools and colleges. Speed breakers and signboards can also guide the people. The traffic rules should be strictly enforced so that the defaulters are not allowed to get away with it. However if the individual is bothered for his own safety than there is little else that the government can do.
Billions of dollars go into space exploration projects yearly. Some people feel that this money should be used to solve problems on Earth. Discuss reasons supporting both opinions.
Sate and support your opinion.
Science has made remarkable progress. Space explorations are an important achievement or science. A great deal of progress has been made in space explorations and it has benefited in many ways.
Latest and accurate reports of weather conditions and forecast would be impossible. Most countries have their own satellites, which send pictures of the weather conditions. Lives of thousands of people can be saved by providing prior information about calamities like floods or storms through radio or television. The farmer all over the world are dependent on such forecast.
Satellites send information related to geographical study maps, space, other planets and stars.
Mobile phones and internet connections are all through satellites. We can communicate with friends, relatives and business contacts in any parts of the world. The internet is an ocean of knowledge.
On television we can watch live telecast of events taking place in other parts of the world. The television has direct connections with the satellite and we are able to watch programmes being telecast from different countries.
Man is curious to know all about the universe. He wants to know all about its origin, stars and the planets. This knowledge is useful in many ways. A day will come when man will try to set up colonies on the moon. He is very eager to know if life is possible on other planets.
There is another opinion that such a heavy expenditure on space explorations is not justified when there are so many problems being faced by mankind. The money being spent on space research by the advanced nations could be spent in helping the poor and developing nations. These nations suffer from poverty, illiteracy, unemployment and lack of basic facilities like education, health, research, industrialization, transportation, and so on. The advanced nations should restrict their expenditure on space research and come forward to help the poor nations.
We can conclude that space exploration must go on but at a slower pace. Any money spent should ultimately benefit mankind. Resources should be spent on solving the problems on the earth. The rich and the advanced nations should not overspend on space explorations.
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