Why Owning a Car is no More a Lucrative Idea

Jun 30
18:55

2020

manoj upadhyay

manoj upadhyay

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This content is all about transport and public tranport, like why Indian people dont want to buy cars and how to deal with transport solutions.

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There was a time when owing a car was a matter of self-esteem in India,Why Owning a Car is no More a Lucrative Idea Articles especially during the 90s. Gradually, people began to save for their first car, and most middle class families would have either a brand new or a hand-me-down car in the 2000s. After 2010, the time has come when each household owns a car like they owned a scooter in the 90s and almost every earning member of the family wants to own a car. It means that if there are three earning men or women in the house, they want to commute to their office or business place in their own car, and never in the public transport.

Even though the Indians look up to countries like Singapore where nobody feels shameful while traveling in the public transport, Indians never dare to adapt the habit themselves. The first reason for feeling ashamed of traveling in public transport is the condition of public transport itself, except the metro trains in the metropolitans. The DTC buses in Delhi or the Best buses in Mumbai have pathetic condition where nobody working in a white-collar job would like to travel. When you enter in a roadways bus, you cannot escape the filth spread in the vehicle and the most people traveling in them are not very civilized. On the other hand, the metro service in India still serves quality travel for commuters.

Why Indians don’t want to buy cars

The cabs are expensive for daily use, but still Indians are learning to use it in groups. Car pool is becoming a popular concept in the metropolitans where traffic jam is a norm during peak hours of office. Because of millions of cars on the roads every day and the parking problem are the problems why Indians are now shying away from owning a car.

There are hardly any demarcated parking lots in India, and people are forced to park their cars on the roads. Those who have space in their house or office can park their cars in the basement, which comes at a huge cost to the owner. But those who cannot afford to make the parking lot for just one car at home are forced to place their vehicles at risk on the road. That is why; the incidents of car stealing are common in Delhi and several other towns.

Being a car owner comes at a huge cost of buying and maintaining a car, and facing the driving and parking issues for several years. That is why; many Indians are learning to adapt alternate methods to travel intra-city and inter-city. Self-Drive Car Rental apps are common to hire Car Rentals for long distance road trips. Car-pooling is a new norm for daily commute to office. That means the less number of vehicles will come out on the road and there will be less pollution.

Indians and the Indian government has to think of solutions for the next five decades to make the country prosper. We cannot lag behind the rest of the countries just because we cannot handle our vehicles on road!