The main concern here is not the cause but the effects of the traffic jam itself. The effects are terrible. What I personally have in mind is that traffic jam can gradually degrade life quality. First, traffic jam contributes a lot of losses to people, especially drivers and motorists. The traffic jam makes people grow slowly and become unproductive. The motorists or drivers trapped in the traffic jam spend their time uselessly. That is why we become unproductive. Generally, drivers or motorists spend five minutes or more in every single traffic jam.
Imagine if we encounter ten boring traffic jams for going to work and ten more for going back home. It means that we have spent one hour and forty minutes only for doing nothing in traffic jam. How if the traffic jam takes more than five minutes? What useful time we have spent uselessly. In addition to that, the situation can even get worse when electricity cut takes place. The traffic becomes uncontrollably scattered. Drivers and motorists might spend hours only for being patient awaiting police’s presence to neutralize the traffic stagnation.
More than that, the circumstance sometimes looks funny and embarrassing when we notice street children or street musicians take the police’s role to get rid of the traffic congestion. They (street children/street musicians) act just like real police officers. They act without wearing official uniform or blowing whistles. We can often encounter such kind of situation in Jl. Jamin Ginting. That street is dubbed ‘’Simpang Pos’’ by Medan people. Even though there is a police station nearby, but it totally gives no contribution when the electricity is out at night. The reason is that there is no one in charge at night.
The Term Paper on Dhaka city Traffic Jam
Over the last few years the transportation problem of Dhaka City has visibly been deteriorating steadily. Citizens constantly complain about the unbearable twin problems of traffic jam and air pollution. Democracy watch decided to address this problem through an opinion poll covering around eight hundred households randomly selected from several purposively selected neighbourhoods of the city, ...
Fortunately, the street musicians along with the street children who depend on that street either for living or for fun take real actions to help smooth the traffic congestion. They act without any instruction and SOP (standard operating procedure).
But, their contribution is obviously visible. It is not the only loss. Wasting money uselessly is another loss that drivers or motorists should suffer from. How could it be? Let me elaborate that. The traffic jam means keeping the engine working without moving, and it means wasting gasoline without any meaningful move.
Gasoline is wasted but no move is made. On top of that, there is also an additional destructive impact to our nature. The more vehicles are kept working, the more they release CO2 to the air. It also means traffic jam help nature destruction proliferate then nature destruction is accelerated. Secondly, the traffic jam really harms our health. It impairs the drivers or motorists’ health day by day. The motorists who are often exposed to intense heat will gradually suffer from skin diseases such as burned skin. Even worse, skin cancer will probably grow.
That is why being trapped in traffic jam should not be taken for granted. A research also shows that staying in an air-conditioned room (vehicle in this case) can lead to asthma. The research explains that “In general, the colder the air, the higher the risk because cold air might induce hyper secretion in small airways and subsequent cough or even asthma attack” (The Jakarta Post, Wednesday, January 26, 2011, page 23).
Furthermore, the risk might even get higher as the air-conditioner is not regularly checked and serviced.
Surprisingly, drivers and motorists’ response to this problem seems unequal compared to the impacts they are now facing. They tend not to deem the problem as a serious matter. Even, some perhaps don’t know what disease they are growing now. Steps should immediately be taken to address these health-harming problems. The last but not the least the traffic jam affects people’s mentality. A few people who are trapped in the traffic jam get angry easily. It is a natural reaction which is triggered because of feeling uncomfortable and uneasy.
The Essay on Solutions For Air Pollution Caused By Traffic Jams
Solutions For Air Pollution Caused By Traffic Jams Atmospheric pollution is called one of the greatest environmental dangers of today s industrialized world and traffic jams are a major air pollutant factor caused by a tremendous amount of gasoline engines (Dolan 4). From dawn until dusk, the sound of gentle people is lost beneath the roar of car engines, tires screeching, and horns blaring under ...
Commonly, the people trapped in traffic jam become moody. Though, some can also control their temper. But, the majority tends to express their emotion as they do not feel at ease in the congestion. The most frequent is that the motorists stare angrily at people whom they do not please. There is also a bigger possibility that the unease turns into a free-for-all for those who cannot ease their anger or emotion. The quarrel can possibly be triggered by some causes. For example, if drivers or motorists honk their horns repeatedly.
People around them will start feeling uncomfortable. That small dispute can grow into a bigger quarrel and even a fighting if the ones who have just honked give sharp reply. Even a small and no dangerous hit can trigger the quarrel. Even though the hit does not cause any damage, the drivers or motorists might spontaneously scream or mumble. Those reactions are not caused by such accident but the manifestation of their unease. In short, traffic jam cannot be regarded as a simple matter anymore as it continuously distributes its danger to all people.
From the above elaboration, finally we have to be more aware of the impacts. Traffic jam is a growing monster that we must anticipate or else it will prey on us. The ones who has the biggest responsibility regarding this matter is the government. It should control vehicle productions in its country and impose appropriate sanction if the law is broken. It is all done for the sake of the country and its citizens. And we are also hopeful that the people learn their lesson through the impacts that are spread by traffic jam.
