Merits Of Road Transport System
The main advantages or merits of road transport can be described as follows:
1. Convenience
Road transport provides convenient service to people. Goods can be conveniently transported from sender to the receiver.
2. Suitable For Perishable Goods
Road transport or automobiles like truck, motor etc. are the best means for transporting perishable goods. They can carry such goods to the destination within shorter time at lower cost.
3. Low Investment
The road automobiles like bus, truck, tractor etc. are easy to purchase. They need relatively low cost. The owners of such automobiles do not have to repair or build roads by themselves.
4. More Flexible
Flexibility is another merit of road transport. Road transport is more flexible than other means of transport. If any road is blocked, the road automobiles like truck, bus can be taken through alternative ways. They do not need fixed road like railway line.
5. Safety Of Goods
Goods or people can be carried safely from one place to another through road transport. As the persons carrying goods or people become careful while transporting them, there remains least possibility of damage or loss.
6. Less Costly And Quick
Buses, trucks, and tractors are comfortable, quick, cheap, suitable and useful in transporting goods or people to short distance.
Demerits of road transport system:
The major drawbacks, disadvantages or demerits of road transport can be described as follows:
1. Unsuitable for long distance
The means of road transport like bus, trucks etc are not suitable in travelling or transporting goods to long distance.
2. Cannot transport heavy goods
The means of road transport cannot or are unsuitable to carry heavy goods from places to place.
3. Irregular
The service of road automobiles such as bus, trucks etc. are nor reliable. They have neither certain route nor fixed time. Road may be blocked or crumbled or slid down. As a result, people or goods cannot reach their destination in time.
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4. Risky
Road transport is risky. Sudden accident may happen. Necessary security arrangement cannot be made against such accident.
5. No uniformity in fair
Uniformity in charge or fair for road transport may not be found. The rate of fair becomes different. Due to unorganized system of road transport, its fair is found different and remain changing time to time for place to place.
