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Traffic Cop: Most people in this city assume that drivers who speed are more likely to cause accidents than are drivers

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by BTGmoderatorDC » Tue Mar 24, 2020 7:17 pm
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Traffic Cop: Most people in this city assume that drivers who speed are more likely to cause accidents than are drivers who “crawl,” or consistently drive ten or more miles below the speed limit. But while accidents involving speeding drivers tend to be more graphic and thus more prone to becoming fixed in the public memory, drivers who crawl are actually responsible for far more traffic accidents throughout the city.

Which of the following, if true, best explains the unexpected result given above?


(A) Drivers who “crawl” are more likely to excite other drivers to drive recklessly in attempts to get around them.

(B) Drivers who speed cause more fatal accidents than do drivers who “crawl.”

(C) Most people in the city dislike drivers who speed.

(D) Drivers who “crawl” tend to drive safer cars than drivers who speed.

(E) Drivers who speed are unlikely to obey posted traffic signs.


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Source: — Critical Reasoning |

Premise: Most people in this city assume that drivers who speed are more likely to cause accidents than drivers who “crawl,” or consistently drive ten or more miles below the speed limit.

Conclusion: Drivers who "crawl" are actually responsible for far more traffic accidents throughout the city.

We are to examine the options for one that best explains the unexpected result given above

Option A - Correct:
The drivers who "crawl" style of driving (i.e crawling) poses more to excite other drivers and can make the drivers lose focus easily, and as such, lead to the drivers driving recklessly in attempts for them to get around "drivers who crawl". This claim proves a good reason why drivers who "crawl" are actually responsible for far more traffic accidents throughout the city.

Option B - Incorrect:
The conclusive part of the passage focuses on how accidents involving drivers who speed tends to be more graphic and prone to becoming fixed in the public memory, and drivers who crawl being responsible for far more traffic accidents throughout the city. As a result, it has nothing to do with a comparison of which driver causes more fatal accidents between speeding drivers and drivers who "crawl".

Option C - Incorrect:
No, this is not true. The fact that most people in the city "assume" that speeding drivers are more likely to cause accidents than other kinds of drivers does not mean that they hate them.

Option D - Incorrect:
The passage is not subjected to a comparison on who drives safer cars between drivers who "crawl" and drivers who speed.

Option E - Incorrect:
This claim cannot stand as a valid reason to back up the unexpected result of this passage (i.e "drivers who crawl are actually responsible for far more traffic accidents throughout the city") because the violation of traffic rule by the speeding drivers can't be the reason why drivers who "crawl" are responsible for more traffic accidents throughout the city.
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