AN ALTERNATIVE TO NUMBER CODING

As a strategy to reduce the volume of vehicular traffic in streets and highways, the government has enforced the number-coding scheme. Meanwhile, it is obvious that the enforcement of emission standards has been very weak. Despite the enforcement of the number-coding scheme, the volume of traffic is still not manageable. On top of that, air pollution levels also appear to be not manageable. As an alternative, I suggest that we abolish the number-coding scheme and replace it with the strict enforcement of emission standards. In theory, the number of non-compliant vehicles could greatly reduce the volume of traffic, more than what the number-coding scheme could do. I do not have the exact numbers now, but I would guess that more non-compliant vehicles could be taken off the roads, compared to what number coding could do. In layman terms, it would appear that the number coding scheme is punishing everyone by limiting their access to the roads, regardless of whether their vehicles are emissions compliant or not. In comparison, I think it is more sensible to punish only those who are not compliant, and not those who are compliant. Air pollution and slow traffic are two separate problems of course, and the government may not see these two as being interrelated. But would it not be good to solve two problems with only one solution? IKE SENERES/09088877282/1-9-2024