Horses Vs. Vehicles From The United States

Imagine how life would be if our society did not have cars. Today, our society is dependent on cars for our daily routines. From transporting our food, clothes, and technology to just going to the store across the street, cars are a very important part of our society. In the 19th century, only the wealthy and upper middle class had access to automobiles, and they only used cars for fancy transportation and to show off their money. This was due to the extreme prices of cars in the 19th century. With these high prices not many people could afford them, especially not the working class. Henry Ford revolutionized the automotive industry in the

The automobile has had a profound impact on the United States. It has brought us

In 1914, Henry Ford transformed the entire world by manufacturing bulk of automobiles and these automobiles completely changed our way of travelling. They became an integral part of our society and we all are dependent upon them. But the way coin has two sides there are pros and cons of automobiles. The economic cost of manufacturing and owing a vehicle can be ignored but there are various global effects which affect our everyday life and can’t be ignored. Few of them are environmental impact, noise pollution, emission of greenhouse gases, congestion from road infrastructure etc. But the most stunning effect is the economic and social burden caused by accidents and fatalities. In 1999 alone about 750,000 people died globally in road related

Following the economic recession of 2008, a survey of more than 10,000 horse owners appears to suggest recovery of the industry. Results showed that 70.6% of respondents owned or managed the same number of horses they did in 2014, indicating an increase in overall industry stability.

In the early 1900s, the United States of America would see the introduction of a piece of technology that would change the way we as a society would look at travel. Henry Ford began production of Model T, the vehicle soon found its way into many American homes. By 1927, the Ford Motor Company had sold nearly 15 million of the mass produced, affordable car. The automobile was no longer a luxury but, a necessity for Americans. During the infancy of the automobile, the roads where nothing more than a mere rutted up path through the country side. Though shortly, people realized the need for better roads. The only problem was, who was going to pay the bill?

Andrew Simms, a policy director and head of the Climate Change Program for the New Economics Foundation in England, presents his argument about the impact SUV’s have on our roadways, and the air we breathe. “Would You Buy a Car That Looked like This? “. The title alone gives great insight on what the article is going to be about, (vehicles). “They clog the streets and litter the pages of weekend colour *supplements. Sport utility vehicles or SUV’s have become badges of middle class aspiration” (Simms 542). Simms opening statement not only gives his opinion on how SUV’s are the new trend, but he also paints a picture of what we see every day driving down our roadways. Simms also compares the tobacco industry’s gap between image and reality

America is the greatest nation on earth, and many people want America to continue to prosper. The only way for America to continue to be the most powerful nation on earth is through the automobile. The automobile has for a century been a symbol of America’s greatness and dominance, and as the essay “Americas Key to Freedom” reports that it has had a key role in maintaining America’s economy.1

Wild horses were brought to the US by Spanish explorers and because they had no natural predators their population expanded at an exponential amount. Roundups used to be done by men on horseback, but now they are done with helicopters, men on horseback, and trucks. Roundups now happen every few months and they have attracted the attention of news crews and many other people who are against the wild horse

The automobile has been a very important part of America’s history because it offered people downright joy, it set many people free, and it the automobile helped America’s economy grow.

When do vampires like horse racing? When it's neck and neck. More racehorses die at the slaughterhouse than on the racetrack. The slaughter of horses for meat is inhumane and cruel. The horses are shipped at 24 hours at a time without any food or drink.

According to Carriage Horse Action Committee, “Injuries and fatalities resulting from collisions between cars and carriage horses have occurred in almost every city that allows carriage rides, including Cincinnati, Ohio; Salt Lake City, Utah; Charleston, South Carolina; Denver, Colorado; Baltimore, Maryland; and Houston, Texas” (COALITION). Horse accidents have caused many death of both horse and citizens in many states therefore we need to protects not only the horses we also have to take care of the citizens. According to Carriage Horse Action Committee “A survey of national carriage horse accidents revealed that 85 percent of all accidents were the result of an animal spooking. Seventy percent (70%) of the time there was a human injury, and 22 percent of the time there was a human death” (COALITION). This means 85% of accidents are caused when the animal is spooked and 70% of the time there was human injury and 22% of that there was human death. According to vast amounts american citizens, “horse carriages provide immediate safety risks caused by horse carriages, jagged ruts made by carriage wheels are dangerous for cyclists, runners and pedicabs using the areas in and around Central Park” (Cruel...). This means by walking or running on the side of the road you could end up squashed or with broken bones from a horse

E.B. White wrote in “Fro-Joy”, “everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car”, which could not be any truer (White). The first minute and nineteen seconds of the film, Who Killed the Electric Car, reported that “two million new cars are sold in California each year” (Who). As a society, the means of transportation is everything. Buses and trains can be unreliable the only sure way of transporting yourself to point A to point B is with a car. In the United States the automobile addiction is rising, it is recorded that the “national average of 2.28 vehicles per household” (Study). Inflating gas prices, deepening complexity in the Middle East, and aggressive rate of global warming is threatening the lives of generations

Some people believe that the benefits of the automobile far outweigh the consequences. These people

“The car has become an article of dress without which we feel uncertain, unclad, and incomplete in the urban compound” Says Marshall McLuhan. What would a society be without cars? Chaos, without cars it would be chaos, there would be overcrowded train stations without enough room for everyone, pushing and shoving trying to find their way onto the train. Buses with no available seats, taxis with crazy high fares, no need for that we had the handy dandy car at our reach.

Wilson argues that without cars, we would have to live very close together in apartments and row houses so that we could walk to public transportation depots. He also says that we would miss seeing the beaches and the countryside except for an occasional glimpse from a bus or train window. We would have city upon city. Still, the car haters tell us that with the use of bikes and public transportation we will have less pollution, noise and our energy is used more efficiently. Well what about the benefits? Wilson states "The automobile is more flexible, more punctual, supplies greater comfort, provides for carrying more parcels, creates more privacy, enables one to select fellow passengers, and, for distances over a mile or more, requires less travel time" (308). So to those that reject the notion of an automobile, Wilson says, "The car does exist, and has powerfully affected the living, working, and social spaces of America" (304).