Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines

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Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines (ATMs), which are located on the driver's side of a lane accessible only to automobiles; pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed to enter the lanes. Clearly, blind people do not drive automobiles; nevertheless, like the universally accessible ATMs inside the bank branches, all of the drive-through ATMs have both Braille and visible numbers on their keypads.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the discrepancy described in the passage?

a)The cost per unit to ATM manufacturers of producing multiple types of ATMs is substantially greater than that of producing one universal model.

B)Both the drive-through ATMs and the universally accessible in-branch ATMs feature multiple languages in their audio and video output.

C)Federal regulations require that all ATMs accessible to the blind must have keypads featuring both Braille and visible numbers.

D)The blind make up a higher percentage of the banks' customers than they did in previous decades.

E)Recent advertising campaigns at the banks in question have focused on reaching out to disabled customers.

I found this interesting question in the gmatclub forum. The preceded poster provided the OA is A, but I'm not still convinced with this answer. My choice is C
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by chieftang » Tue Dec 27, 2011 9:00 pm
I'd have chosen A. The article states that blind people don't drive automobiles, so drive-through ATMs shouldn't be considered accessible to the blind. Therefore C is eliminated.

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by chufus » Wed Dec 28, 2011 2:41 am
I think C is out of scope. Look at C

C)Federal regulations require that all ATMs accessible to the blind must have keypads featuring both Braille and visible numbers.

"All ATMs accessible to the BLIND" , in our argument the ATM machines in question are not accessible to the blind so this option fades away pretty quickly, NO?

Answer has to be A

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by user123321 » Wed Dec 28, 2011 6:28 am
tuanquang269 wrote:Many banks offer drive-through automatic teller machines (ATMs), which are located on the driver's side of a lane accessible only to automobiles; pedestrians and cyclists are not allowed to enter the lanes. Clearly, blind people do not drive automobiles; nevertheless, like the universally accessible ATMs inside the bank branches, all of the drive-through ATMs have both Braille and visible numbers on their keypads.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the discrepancy described in the passage?

a)The cost per unit to ATM manufacturers of producing multiple types of ATMs is substantially greater than that of producing one universal model.

B)Both the drive-through ATMs and the universally accessible in-branch ATMs feature multiple languages in their audio and video output.

C)Federal regulations require that all ATMs accessible to the blind must have keypads featuring both Braille and visible numbers.

D)The blind make up a higher percentage of the banks' customers than they did in previous decades.

E)Recent advertising campaigns at the banks in question have focused on reaching out to disabled customers.

I found this interesting question in the gmatclub forum. The preceded poster provided the OA is A, but I'm not still convinced with this answer. My choice is C
in C,option says fed regulations are applicable for ATMs accessible to blind, but the ones we are discussing are inaccessible to blind. so out of scope.

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by kmullins » Wed Oct 17, 2012 4:48 pm
But dont cars have two rows with passenger seats on the driver side. These are accessible to the blind.

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by ihatemaths » Thu Oct 18, 2012 3:38 am
the above point can be used in a "Arguement essay " :P