Forecasting the future of the motor vehicle is naturally a tricky business. There can be no guarantees. It does however seem certain that the automobile will still be the most important means of transport for people and goods in the year 2000. It is predicted that by the turn of the millenium two-thirds of the expected increase in the traffic will devolve upon the individual passenger car. The expected growth in public road and personnel transport will be almost exclusively in favour of the omnibus. This means ultimately that considerable more than 90% of future traffic will be handled by the motor vehicle. The constantly increasing volume of traffic and the equally constant development of technology have led technology have led however not only to an augmentation of the social good; they also bring about significant negative effects, above all in the areas of safety and environmental considerations.
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