Advantages – Disadvantages

Useful language for this type of questions: 
- Advantages – disadvantages
- Upsides – downsides 
- Positives – negatives 
- Benefits – drawbacks 
- (greatly/significantly/considerably) Outweigh – overshadow 
- greater, more compelling/influential/significant than 

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Do the advantages outweigh the disadvantages? 
- In my opinion, the advantages of … are more significant than the disadvantages. 
- In my opinion, … is more advantageous than disadvantageous.
- In my opinion, the benefits of … greatly/significantly overshadow the drawbacks. 
What are the advantages and disadvantages of this? 
- There are a variety of benefits and drawbacks of … 
- There exist a wide range of positive and negative consequences of … 
- ... has certain advantages and disadvantages
Question: In the future, all cars, busses and trucks will be driverless. The only people 
travelling inside these vehicles will be passengers.
Do you think the advantages of driverless vehicles outweigh the disadvantages?
Sample essay: 
It is true that vehicles of the future are predicted to become fully autonomous, allowing 
people to be only passengers inside them. In my opinion, the drawbacks of driverless 
vehicles far outweigh the benefits.
On the one hand, there can be some beneficial aspects of driverless transports. One 
benefit is that they could save human lives. Research has shown that a vast majority of 
road accidents are caused by human error. Therefore, if we replace human drivers with 
advanced technology, the rate of car crashes can be significantly reduced. Another upside 
to driverless vehicles is that they would give us more time to spend on enjoyable activities 
such as reading a book, watching a movie or getting some sleep during our daily commute. 
This could considerably enhance our day-to-day travel experience, adding to the overall 
quality of our life. 
Nevertheless, I believe that the drawbacks of autonomous vehicles are more significant 
than their benefits. First of all, driverless technology, no matter how sophisticated it is, 
still makes a mistake. This raises a number of serious questions with regard to who should 
be responsible for that mistake. Should politicians, manufacturers or programmers be held 
accountable for any mistake made by driverless transport? Thus, a series of legal 
complications arise. Furthermore, if all cars, buses and trucks are driven by technology 
and AI instead of humans, this will surely lead to huge job losses in the transportation 
sector. The unemployment rate could therefore increase substantially as a result of the 
introduction of autonomous vehicles on roads.
paraphrase the question

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In conclusion, it seems to me that the potential drawbacks of driverless vehicles greatly 
overshadow the possible benefits.
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