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outline, Imagine what your life would be like without automobiles. How would you run errands or take vacations? The reality is that cars have become part of Americans’ lives. Write an essay in which you take a position on whether or not cars should continue to be a regular part of Americans’ lives. Be sure to include a counterclaim in your paragraph.

Background: Cars help people run errands, go on vacations and live life. Cars benefit peoples lives by helping them get to work and making everything much more easier for them. Cars give people the opportunity to be able to go where they want. To be free. Cars leave people in the car for hours this isn't a negative thing especially because school and work can take up a persons time to be by themselves.

Thesis statement: Cars should continue to be a regular part of Americans lives because they are beneficial, offer freedom, helps gave people time to themselves.

Main idea 1: Cars are beneficial

Evidence: "They didn't have to live in a city to have a job there. Businesses didn't have to be within walking distance of their customers." (America's Key to Freedom by Carol Domblewski )

Evidence: "Since 1960, the percentage of Americans who get to work by car has increased from 63% to 85%. " (Excerpt from Facts Along the Road )

Main idea 2: Cars give people time to themselves

Evidence: "In some cities, the average driver spends more than 40 hours a year sitting in traffic. " .."70% of all workers drive to work alone. Only 10% carpool" (Excerpt from Facts Along the Road )

Evidence: "riving to and from work on a daily basis, especially in areas where traffic jams are part of the daily driving experience" (Running off the Road by Grover Kingsley )

Counterclaim: Some people may believe....However....therefore....
some people may believe that cars do not offer freedom however cars offer people to go many places and comparing no to before to gives advantages there as well. Therefore freedom is where cars are. According to..

Evidence: "The car offered freedom. People could now jump in their cars and go new places. They had mobility any time they wanted, not just when a train schedule said they had it. People could also now live where they wanted." (America's Key to Freedom by Carol Domblewski )

Evidence: "45% of Americans lack ready access to transit such as buses and trains. Cars are the only option for many." (Excerpt from Facts Along the Road )

Conclusion;
Restated Thesis: Overall, cars are an important part of American lives. They benefit there wants, offer people freedom, give people peace and quietness with the comfort of being by themselves. For these reasons cars should stay being a regular part of people’s lives. With this the best is sure to come to regular drivers.

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