Other environmental impacts


The car has other negative effects on the environment:

>>>erosion of the slopes, which results in the dust of the surrounding environment, an increase in the turbidity of runoff.

>>>direct impacts of roads on the environment, including the use of forest land, agricultural, natural, urban;
habitat destruction by earthmoving, mining materials (bitumen);

>>>animal mortality, fragmentation écopaysagère (or ecological) of natural habitats;

>>>local modification of the microclimate above and along roadsides.

>>>light pollution caused by road lighting but also by the vehicle;

>>>noise pollution;

>>>the release of toxics in the drop environnment vehicles (leaking engine oil problem
batteries in particular), or in fires;


>>>non-recycling of a significant proportion of vehicles (especially tires), even those legally scrapped.

The mass of the car in Western societies during the twentieth century has had profound social consequences many. She has contributed notably to the development of suburbs and suburbanization, and the success of the retail model. Automobiles have required considerable adaptation and development of the road network.