part d 25 write a short critical essay 800 900 words that analyses and
Question
Part D (25%)
Write a short critical essay (800-900 words) that analyses and evaluates
the extended passage below, "Photo Radar Just Lining City Council's
Pockets." Your essay should demonstrate your understanding of how to
identify and evaluate arguments according to your learning in Units 1-5,
concentrating on Unit 5 (identifying argument forms for validity and
soundness, identifying and explaining fallacies, etc.)./nPhoto Radar Just Lining City Council's Pockets
City council needs to get rid of photo radar right now! It is a mere cash grab set up to
inflate their budgets and punish those of us who follow the rules 99% of the time. If
they do not remove the photo radar from my street, I will start an online campaign
that shows how useless these speed traps are. What is the purpose of city council if
not to serve the constituents? I believe my interests are not being served.
Firstly, photo radar doesn't even catch the person while they are speeding, so
nothing is being stopped. In other words, if no one was speeding, then we would
know with certainty that photo radar works. But people keep speeding. This is
because photo radar is merely a passive way of punishing speeders: The only way to
truly deter is to catch them in the act.
Secondly, what do they need so much extra money for? We all know that the more
they bring in, the more they will spend anyway. So, obviously they will just add more
and more photo radar since they depend on the income from photo radar now. Look
at all the money they wasted building that soccer facility-I don't even play soccer!
My cousin has been in road construction for 30 years, and he says that photo radar
doesn't deter people from speeding anyway. He has seen it time and again on the job.
He is building the road and they set up photo radar where no one can see it, so how
will they know when to slow down???/nI have received three photo radar tickets this month for going only two kilometers
over the limit on my street. This is beyond unfair. This is taking money away from
my children and their financial security. Does city council want my children to
starve?