Band 6.0 IELTS Writing Task 2 Model Answer

Overall Band Score: 6.0 · Cambridge IELTS 16 · 2026-10-11

IELTS Writing Task 2 question

In the future all cars, buses 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?

Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge or experience.

Student answer (Band 6.0)

The vehicles will become driverless in the near future. The only people traveling in these vehicles will only be passengers and not drivers. I personally believe that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages.

Foremost, the people who earn their livelihood through driving will lose their only source of income. For instance, bus drivers, truck drivers, or people who drive cars will no longer be needed. We are talking about thousands of people becoming unemployed without an alternative. These people contribute a large share to the country's economy. Driverless vehicles mean that they are no longer needed. It will not only hurt the economy but also the people who will lose their source of income.

The driverless vehicle might never give people the same sense of relief, they get when driving themselvess. In a country like Pakistan, the driverless vehicle would be dangerous. Where people drive recklessly and do not follow traffic rules. Such as, a car moves when the traffic light is green and someone does not stop from the other side will most probably hit you. Individuals who have these vehicles will always be wary of the traffic. In Pakistan, I would say it is better to drive yourself than to rely on a driverless vehicle. It would be a disadvantage to rely on a vehicle that does not anticipate the other drivers.

To sum up, I think that driverless vehicles have more disadvantages that outweigh the advantages of these vehicles. It will make a lot of people unemployed who earn through driving when every person in the vehicle will just be a passenger. The other thing is countries like Pakistan, where one should be cautious when driving. Driverless vehicles will be a major liability.

AI examiner evaluation

Task Achievement / Task Response: Band 6.0

Your position is clear from the introduction: you believe the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and the conclusion restates this view. You give two relevant reasons—job losses and the risks of relying on automated vehicles in places where traffic rules are not followed—and the Pakistan example helps make the second point concrete. However, the response focuses almost entirely on disadvantages and gives little consideration to any advantages, so the comparison implied by “outweigh” is not fully explored. The employment argument is relevant but broad; explaining possible benefits such as fewer crashes or greater mobility, then weighing these against job displacement and local road conditions, would make your reasoning more complete and better supported.

Coherence and Cohesion: Band 6.0

The response has a clear overall structure: an introduction, two body paragraphs presenting separate disadvantages, and a conclusion. The progression from employment effects to road safety is easy to follow, and signposts such as “Foremost,” “For instance,” and “To sum up” help identify the stages of the argument. At times, however, cohesion is mechanical or the links between ideas are not fully clear. For example, “These people contribute a large share to the country's economy” is asserted without showing how this connects to the wider economic impact. The sentence beginning “Where people drive recklessly” is also a fragment, interrupting the flow. Use more precise links to explain cause and effect, and connect each example explicitly to your main comparison.

Lexical Resource: Band 5.5

You use enough topic-related vocabulary to communicate the main points, including “source of income,” “unemployed,” “traffic rules,” and “major liability.” The Pakistan example also gives your discussion some specificity. However, the range is limited by repeated wording such as “driverless vehicles,” “people,” and “disadvantage,” and some expressions are imprecise or unnatural. “The driverless vehicle might never give people the same sense of relief” does not clearly express the intended concern, while “a car moves when the traffic light is green” is an unclear description of the hazard. Aim for more precise collocations and vary repeated terms, for example by using “autonomous vehicles,” “road users,” or “employment displacement” where appropriate.

Grammatical Range and Accuracy: Band 5.5

You use a mix of simple and more developed sentence forms, and most of the argument remains understandable. For instance, “It will not only hurt the economy but also the people who will lose their source of income” attempts a balanced structure. Some grammatical errors and punctuation problems remain. “The driverless vehicle might never give people the same sense of relief, they get…” joins two clauses incorrectly; “Where people drive recklessly…” and “Such as, a car moves…” are fragments rather than complete sentences. There is also an agreement error in “more disadvantages that outweigh,” where “than” is needed. Review sentence boundaries and practise combining dependent clauses with a main clause; this will improve accuracy while allowing you to retain varied structures.

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