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Traffic safety experts predict that the installation of newly designed air bags in all cars in the United States would reduce the average number of fatalities per traffic accident by 30 percent. In order to save lives, the Department of Transportation (DOT) is considering requiring automobile manufacturers to install air bags of this design in all cars produced after 1998.

Which of the following, if true, represents the strongest challenge to the DOT's proposal?

(A) Air bags of the new design are more given to being inadvertently triggered, an occurrence that can sometimes result in fatal traffic accidents.
(B) The DOT is planning to require automobile manufacturers to produce these air bags according to very strict specifications.
(C) After installing air bags in new cars, automobile manufacturers will experience an increase in sales.
(D) The proposed air bag installation program will adversely affect the resale of cars manufactured prior to 1998.
(E) As production costs increase, the profits of many domestic automobile dealers show a marked decrease.

Which of the statements is the best Option?

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by deloitte247 » Sun Jul 01, 2018 11:12 am

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Option A - INCORRECT.
This option is a false representation of air bag challenges, it is inadvertently triggered to save the lives of passengers in the car and not an occurrence that can result in fatal accident.

Option B - INCORRECT.
This option is not a strong challenge that will occur after the effectiveness of this proposal, since the strict specification is stated on cars produced from 1998 and above.

Option C - INCORRECT.
This statement is true but, it is not a challenge to the people or to the department of transport. Moreover taxes collected on this proposal if effective will increase the economy of the nation.

Option D - CORRECT.
This option is a strong challenge on the sales of cars manufactured prior to 1998. Since there is a strict specification consideration on cars which air bag be auto renewed. This will cause a drastic reduction in sales of cars manufactured prior to 1998.

Option E - INCORRECT.
The need for decrease on auto mobile dealers can be ascertained yet not until the implementation is approved.