LSAT 127 – Section 1 – Question 24

LSAT 127 - Section 1 - Question 24

December 2003

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Question QuickView	Type	Tags	Answer Choices	Curve	Question Difficulty	Psg/Game/S Difficulty	Explanation
PT127 S1 Q24	+LR +Exp	Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE Causal Reasoning +CausR Math +Math	A 1% 155 B 5% 156 C 83% 164 D 4% 156 E 7% 158	142 150 158	+Medium	147.168 +SubsectionMedium

Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements, including required use of seat belts and annual safety inspections, have on average higher rates of accidents per kilometer driven than do provinces and states with less stringent requirements. Nevertheless, most highway safety experts agree that more stringent requirements do reduce accident rates.

"Surprising" Phenomenon

Jurisdictions with more stringent car safety regulations have relatively more accidents than jurisdictions without such regulations. Yet experts still agree these regulations reduce accidents.

Objective

The correct answer will be a hypothesis that explains how stringent regulations reduce accidents, despite jurisdictions with stringent regulations having higher average accident rates. We’re likely looking for an answer that tells us jurisdictions with stringent regulations would have even more accidents without such regulations, hence why experts agree those regulations are effective.

Annual safety inspections ensure that car tires are replaced before they grow old.

This doesn’t explain why jurisdictions with stringent regulations have higher accident rates, or why experts think these regulations are nevertheless effective. We don’t even know who these safety inspections apply to.

Drivers often become overconfident after their cars have passed a thorough safety inspection.

This would partially explain why jurisdictions with stringent regulations have higher accident rates, but not why experts believe these regulations are still effective.

The roads in provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements are far more congested and therefore dangerous than in other provinces and states.

Stringent regulations are a result of already dangerous conditions. Of course these jurisdictions have higher accident rates—the roads are a disaster. The regulations, however, are effectively mitigating some of that danger.

Psychological studies show that drivers who regularly wear seat belts often come to think of themselves as serious drivers, which for a few people discourages reckless driving.

Much like (B), this only partially explains why jurisdictions with more stringent safety regulations have higher accident rates. We need to know why experts believe these regulations are still effective.

Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements have, on average, many more kilometers of roads than do other provinces and states.

We’re talking about accidents per kilometer. We don’t care about the net total.

LSAT 127 – Section 1 – Question 24

LSAT 127 - Section 1 - Question 24

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