LSAT 113 – Section 2 – Question 13

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Adam: Marking road edges with reflecting posts gives drivers a clear view of the edges, thereby enabling them to drive more safely. Therefore, marking road edges with reflecting posts will decrease the annual number of road accidents.

Aiesha: You seem to forget that drivers exceed the speed limit more frequently and drive close to the road edge more frequently on roads that are marked with reflecting posts than on similar roads without posts, and those are driving behaviors that cause road accidents.

Summarize Argument: Phenomenon-Hypothesis
Aiesha rejects Adam’s claim that marking road edges with reflecting posts will decrease the number of road accidents. As evidence, Aiesha points out that drivers speed and drive closer to a road’s edges when roads are marked with reflecting posts. Moreover, these are the driving behaviors that cause road accidents.

Describe Method of Reasoning
Aiesha counters the position held by Adam. She does this by presenting an additional consideration that weakens an assumption underlying Adam’s argument. Just because roads can enable drivers to drive more safely does not mean those drivers will in fact drive more safely.

A
questioning Adam’s assertion that reflecting posts give drivers a clear view of road edges
Aiesha does not state that reflecting posts do not give drivers a clear view. In fact, Aiesha suggests that this clear view is correlated with dangerous driving behaviors.
B
presenting a possible alternative method for decreasing road accidents
Aiesha does not propose an alternative method for decreasing road accidents. She only addresses the method of installing reflecting posts on roadway edges.
C
raising a consideration that challenges the argument’s assumption that facilitating safe driving will result in safer driving
Adam’s assumption is that reflecting posts actually cause drivers to drive more safely. The consideration Aiesha raises to challenge this is that drivers speed and drive closer to road edges when there are reflecting posts.
D
denying that the drivers’ view of the road is relevant to the number of road accidents
Aiesha does not claim that a driver’s view is not relevant to the number of road accidents. In fact, Aiesha agrees that this is a relevant factor because dangerous driving behaviors increase when there are reflecting posts.
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providing additional evidence to undermine the claim that safer driving does not necessarily reduce the number of road accidents
Adam does not conclude that safer driving does not necessarily reduce the number of road accidents. In fact, Adam’s argument indicates the opposite. Aiesha does not address the conclusion described in this answer choice.

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