Private car owners should not be taxed for pollution Private car owners should not be taxed for pollution Concerns over whether the private car should be taxed for pollution came to fore. Some argue that the pollution tax imposed on individual drivers are necessary since it’s an effective way to control the number of cars and reduce pollution. However, in my point of view, I cannot entirely agree with that. On the one hand, the open favorable stance of government will ruin the car industry which can lead to various unpredictable outcomes. The process of reducing pollution takes a cautious move, not an immediate impulse. While the tax is imposed on private car owners, it definitely will restrain people’s desire for purchasing a car. The decline of car sales then can cause the decline of the car industry, which might be working on the energy-saving car. If we merely ask private car owners to pay the pollution tax without proper consideration, it could backfire. On the other hand, this measure is not necessary since there are some better ways to unravel the increasingly severe pollution problem. Handling the pollution made by cars requires a long-lasting tactic, such as the implement of traffic running or improvement in the public traffic system. Taken together, there is no need for imposing “pollution tax” on private car owners as it may have a better solution than levying the tax which will end with the opposite direction.