LSAT 134 – Section 3 – Question 08

LSAT 134 - Section 3 - Question 08

October 2011

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Choices		 Curve Question
Difficulty		 Psg/Game/S
Difficulty		 Explanation
PT134 S3 Q08
+LR
Resolve reconcile or explain +RRE
Causal Reasoning +CausR
A
0%
157
B
2%
154
C
0%
157
D
97%
165
E
0%
157
120
130
140
 +Easiest 146.872 +SubsectionMedium

A recent study shows that those highways that carry the most traffic, and thus tend to be the most congested, have the lowest rate of fatal traffic accidents.

"Surprising" Phenomenon
Why do the busiest highways have the fewest fatal accidents?

Objective
Any hypothesis explaining this phenomenon must rely on a difference between the highways carrying the most traffic and other highways. This difference must explain why fatal accidents are less likely on the busiest highways than on other types of highways.

A
Drivers have more accidents when they become distracted.
It is not implied whether drivers on the busiest highways are more or less likely to become distracted than drivers on other highways, so this is useless without more information.
B
The highways that have the highest rate of fatal accidents have moderate volumes of traffic.
This adds more detail to the phenomenon without explaining it. It does not address the busiest highways, or explain why they have fewer fatal accidents than other types of highways.
C
Most of the motorists on very heavily traveled highways tend to be commuting to or from work.
It is not implied whether commuters are more or less likely than other drivers to be in a fatal accident, so this is useless without more information.
D
Most serious accidents occur when vehicles are moving at a high rate of speed.
This explains why the busiest highways have the lowest rate of fatal traffic accidents. Because of their congestion, these highways are less likely to carry fast-moving vehicles, and so are less likely to be the site of fatal accidents.
E
Heavily traveled highways do not always carry a higher proportion of large trucks.
This does not imply that the busiest highways carry fewer trucks than other highways. It allows for the possibility that they often or usually carry a higher proportion of large trucks than other highways.

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