Effect of Automobile on the American Society

Effective movement and easy access to distance places brings freedom to human beings. When mobility is compromised, it is almost always impossible to perform our usual day to day activities. The invention and advancement of automobile was a new dawn for a great deal of development. Not only does automobile facilitate movement from one point to another but it affects impacts on Americans in all aspects of life (Georgano, 4).

Necessity is the mother to invention, and automobile invention was necessitated by the need to effectively move and access distant places easily and faster without having to walk all the way. Before automobiles were invented in 19th century, people used to walk long distances to their workplaces or wherever they wanted to. They would carry bulky goods for long distances and sometimes use horse-driven coach or trains which are both very slow inefficient means of transport (Heitmann, 22). Many commodities could not be brought closer to people due to lack of means of efficient transport. This was one of the major factors that led to the invention and improvement of automobile in America.

Another cause that led to development of automobile industry in America is human curiosity. After the invention of the wheel, man wanted to make a better machine that will make mobility easier without necessarily using animal to drag the wheel. This eventually led to invention of a self driven automobile. Competition for technological superiority with other nations especially Europe is also another factor that led to advancement of automobile industry in America. At the time when automobile industry was developing, countries were competing to be more advanced than the other and America was not left out. In the course of competition, it provoked invention and innovation and ended up improving the automobile industry in the long run (Raffaëlli, 44).

The rise of automobile was characterized with great deal of advantages to the American society.