Monday, October 8, 2007
Building the interstate highway system
The vice president uses information about the structure of the country's roads to convince his audience that it is a big problem. He discusses how the highway system was originally built with different intentions and for different purposes than what it is used for now, and that these original structure plan is now insufficient. He cites facts about the total number of miles of highway in relation to the number of vehicles that owned, deaths and injuries that occur on the roads, and the waste of time caused by roadways that are insufficient to meet the needs of the people. His plan intends to solve the problems of slow transcontinental traffic, intercity travel, access highways, farm-to-market travel, congestion, bottlenecks, and parking.
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I think that his strongest support is the statistics mentioned here about the number of deaths and injuries that have occurred as well as the wasted time in traffic, also known as rush-hour.
I think mentioning the facts helps the audience understand how dangerous the highways system is and why a new system needs to be built.
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