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Who should pay money to expand the road systems essay TOPIC: The number of cars keeps increasing, and road systems should be expanded. Some people think that the government should cover all the costs. Others believe the users should pay for it. Discuss both views and give your opinion. Having a car has become popular in many countries, not only the developed countries like America, but also the developing countries as Vietnam. The number of cars increases dramatically day by day, which put a huge pressure on the government to expand the road systems. However, it is a debate when some people insist that the government should bear all the cost, while others argue that drivers and car owners should take this responsibility. On one hand, there are several reasons for those supported that the government should cover all the costs. Initially, it is clear that the government collect money from taxpayers in order to develop country and serve the community, so some basic infrastructures like road is an indispensable part. Furthermore, it is true that expanding road systems is the best way to promote the economic development. Experiment shows that in Vietnam if a village connect with other places like a mega city by a high quality road , it will become grow quickly because people can exchange their products easily to make profit. On the other hand, those think that the users should bear the costs of upgrade roads have their own arguments. Firstly, the main reason is that if the drivers take the obligation to contribute the roads, it will increase their awareness to maintain the quality of the road, because they may think it is belong to them, so they may drive more careful. The second reason is that it is unfair when they must to pay the same tax to expand the roads, although they are neither driving nor owned car. Hence, they believe that the users should take this responsibility. In conclusion, both views have pros and cons, so it is difficult to say which is better. In my opinion, we should hand in hand to solve this issue, the government should take the main role to upgrade the road systems and the users should pay more tax like road fee as well as do not carry overload to conserve the roads.

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This essay is an improvement from your other essays, so I will just include my comments in the red lines on what you can do to improve. 

Most of your essays only rely on one point of argument for the pros and one point for the cons- it will not be enough. I think the examiners will want to see at least two points in each paragraph in order for them to see you are confident enough to talk about subjects in English. 

Your essays should draw from your own experience. I know... sometimes the essay titles are very dry and boring, but since there is no choice in the matter, you just have to deal with it somehow. 

Finally, your conclusion is okay, but again it only has just one point in the entire conclusion. This is a very dangerous situation in any essay, because it is like standing on one leg all the time. Try to summarise the two paragraphs above, and then make another point to say if you agree or not. As in your past essays, there is not enough content- the examiners will really pick on this. You must make an effort to strengthen your conclusions.

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Having a car has become popular in many countries, not only in developed countries like America, but also in developing countries such as Vietnam. The number of cars increases dramatically day by day, which put a huge pressure on the government to expand the road systems. However, There is debate whether the the government should bear all the cost, while some argue that both drivers and car owners should take full responsibility. Around the world, there are many ways to reduce the amount of cars on the roads, without having to build more roads all the time. In some countries the government builds more roads and charges toll fees to cover the costs. Also, the taxes for cars and fuel is also increased to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Some countries also restrict the number of cars going into urban areas through many ways, so the government does not need to build so many roads. Building more roads is a very expensive exercise, and it is not an easy problem to solve.  (Talk more about what other countries are doing so that you can increase the number of words in the opening sentence) 


There are several reasons why some people believe that the government should cover all the costs. The government must collect taxes from taxpayers in order to develop the country and serve the community, and building basic infrastructures like roads is an indispensable part. But there may not be enough people who own cars to fund this development, and therefore the government must first build the roads. Then the number of people who need to upgrade to live in urban centres will increase, and buy more cars which the government can tax. With more tax money, then the road infrastructure can improve tremendously. Furthermore, it is true that expanding road systems is the best way to promote rapid economic development. Experiments have shown that in Vietnam if a village is connected  by a modern road with urban centres like a mega city, it will become grow quickly because people can exchange their products easily to make profit.  (In this paragraph, the argument is a bit weak. You only spoke about the government should spend money on roads. But you did not explain much about the benefits) 

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On the other hand, those think that the users should bear the costs of upgrading roads have their own valid arguments. Firstly, the main reason is that if the drivers take the obligation to contribute the roads, it will increase their awareness to maintain the quality of the road, because they may think it is belong to them, so they may drive more carefully. The second reason is that it is unfair when people who do not drive (maybe they take public transport) must to pay the same tax to expand the roads, even though they are neither driving nor owned cars. Hence, they believe that the car drivers should take this responsibility. Also, to increase the number of roads in the country contributes to pollution, which kills a lot of people every year. Also there would not be enough land in the urban areas to keep building roads. Some people believe that public transport will be a lot better, because too many cars on the roads will increase the number of traffic jams.  (Again, I would like to see more arguments to support this paragraph. You have to draw from your own experience and also think about other countries, what else they do to manage traffic. Maybe you would like to say some countries prefer to build train systems?)

In conclusion, both views have pros and cons, so it is difficult to say which is better. In my opinion, we should hand in hand to solve this issue together with the government. The government should take the main role to upgrade the road systems and the users should pay more tax like road fees as well as do not carry overload to conserve the roads.  It is also possible that instead of building more roads, the government should build more public transport systems such as underground subway systems, to reduce the number of cars on the roads. Too many cars and not enough roads will create a lot of traffic problems, and it is very expensive to keep building roads indefinitely. The government should think of reducing the number of cars on the roads through taxes and other restrictions as well. Maybe a good balance is to allow more car drivers in sub urban areas, while in the cities users will have to rely public transport such buses and subway systems and leave their cars at home.  

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