Motorcyle Growth in Jakarta

Traffic jam has become a serious problem in urban area such as Jakarta, but the government still have no effective solutions. Nowadays, most dwellers set about to blame motorcycle for the traffic jam. The opinion is based on the number of motorcycle in primary roads in Jakarta which is really fantastic. The quantity of motorcycle in Jakarta regularly increases. Consequently, even policemen can not avoid this phenomenon. The rules to reduce the number of motorcycle also sound impossible, since motorcycle is the best-liked transport which offers the cheapness, effectiveness and efficiency, and ease.

 

Indonesia is one of some countries which offers the lowest motorcycle price. The cheapness is interesting for the citizen to buy motorcycle. It means that they can enjoy the advantages just with some million rupiahs depending on their salary. Sometimes, one family has more than one motorcycle. Moreover, premium, the gasoline for motorcycle, is cheaper than pertamax, the gasoline for car. Unless the price is expensive, the number of motorcyle will always increase.

People will choose motorcyle than car for the effectiveness and efficiency. The advantage of a motorcyle is that people can ride it in different road conditions such as primary road, street, etc.  People can easily avoid the traffic jam through other alternative streets. In additon, people can park it in their house without garage. The effectiveness and efficiency of motorcyle answer what people need in a city. 

It is easy to buy a motorcyle than other transports. Some dealers offer the ease to buy a motorcyle. One of many eases in buying motorcycle is a long-term credit. It means that people can pay for a motorcyle monthly during certain year. In addition, the dealers also offer a low advance for every motorcycle. As a result, people can sometimes get a motorcycle credit with some thousand rupiahs as an advance payment.

Even though, the motorcycle offers the cheapness, effectiveness and efficiency, and ease for the rider, it has some bad effects on the environmental and health. It is necessary for people to know both the causes and the bad effects of motorcycle growth.

A motorcycle growth gives a bad effect for the environment. Motorcycle produces a dirty smog from the gasoline burning process. This smog contains many harmful particles in the air. As a consequence, the smog will contaminate the air for a long time and become an air pollution. The higher the number of motorcycle, the higher the air pollution.

The smog of motorcycle will have some bad effects on health as well. The harmful smog contains some dangerous particles such as lead. This particle can disturb respiratory, nervous, digestive, reproductive, and circulatory systems. The most dangerous thing is that it produces cancer that is diffusive and can kill people. 

In short, people may know some causes to buy motorcycle such as the cheapness, the effectiveness and efficiency, and the ease, but they also have to know about the bad effects for the environmental and health. Just use it wisely.

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