Autonomous mode is a new driving aid likely to be available in

Autonomous mode is a new driving aid likely to be available in modern cars, a mode that will make the car drive itself.Cars equipped with autonomous mode are expected to be safer when driving a car focuses solely on driving and does not check emails. or change music playlists, or send text messages.Currently, texting while driving - a federal offense - is responsible for 40% of all the road accidents.

Understand :
Fact : AM = modern cars
AM= self driving
AM= safer for some reasons
Currently, Texting while driving = responsible for 40% of all road accidents

Which of the following would the author least likely disagree with?

INFERENCE :

A. A major reduction in total number of accidents is likely to happen when autonomous driving is implemented in some cars.
- INCONSISTENT


C. Texting while driving will cease to be federal offence when autonomous driving is launched.
- NO IDEA... the govt. may still continue the law... author does not ave enough infor to agree or disagree

D. Making texting while driving a federal offence has not been successful in reducing the number of road accidents.
- What if beofre law the texting accounted for 60% and after law 40% ?? successfull right??? SO NO IDEA

E. A car driving in autonomous mode will have lower incidence rate if auto accidents than a car driven by a responsible driver.
- The comparison between AM car and resposible driver cannot be made with this info !!

In my understanding the question says " author least likely disagree with" actually means "author most likely agree with".

The OPtion B canvasses the support for Autonomous cars since the 40% accidents are caused because of texting while driving. The Autonomus car will supposedly allow you do the same while keeping you safe as is evident in the question.

Please excuse me if I have not been able to explain in a better way.
_________________

GMATNinjaTwo, gmat1393, GMATNinja, nightblade354

Please provide your insights on this one. I can't understand why B is the correct answer.

The current stats are concerned about accidents caused because of Texting while driving. So, it does not support the case for autonomous cars, which are safer when the driver focuses solely on driving, in any way.

gmat1393, what is the source of this question?

Posted from my mobile device
_________________

Would anyone explain why b is correct elaborately?

Posted from my mobile device

nightblade354,

E-gmat is the source.
B is the OA. But I can also make a case in which A can be the answer. What do u think?

A. A major reduction in total number of accidents is likely to happen when autonomous driving is implemented in some cars.

Some= 1 to 100
A says that Automode in some cars can make significant reduction. If we assume that Automode is implemented in 2 cars,then we can not say,it will make significant reduction. What if Automode is implemented in 70 cars, then we can say, it will make significant reduction.

Option A creates ambiguity by offering two situations. That's why A is incorrect
_________________

What does option E is trying to convene here?

I cannot know what the author believes, I can only guess.

If we treat this question as an inference question, we could say that the answer is "B" because it is supported by the facts. But is it an inference question? The question is: "Which of the following would the author least likely disagree with?" As a matter of fact, any person could agree or disagree with any of the answer choices. So, how can we know what would the author disagree with?

A: I agree with this claim, but I do not know whether the author agrees with it.
B: I agree with this claim, but I do not know whether the author agrees with it.
C: I do not agree with this claim, but I do not know whether the author agrees with it.
D: I agree with this claim, but I do not know whether the author agrees with it.
E: B: I agree with this claim, but I do not know whether the author agrees with it.
_________________

Hello GMATNinja can you comment on the quality of this question?

Thank you

Writing high quality questions is really, really hard (verbal questions in particular), and even the very best test-prep minds can't possibly compete with GMAC, which spends a few thousand dollars developing every official question.

The bottom line is that official GMAT questions will always be better than unofficial questions, no matter who wrote them -- especially on verbal.
_________________

Not the case if I write one of those
_________________

A. A major reduction in the total number of accidents is likely to happen when autonomous driving is implemented in some cars.
We have no data supporting the fact that implementation of automotive driving will reduce aciidents especially in some cars since these cars may or may not be the causes of major accidents therefore out

B. The current stats for road accidents support the case for autonomous driving.
Yes exactly what we were looking for therefore let us hang on to it

C. Texting while driving will cease to be a federal offense when autonomous driving is launched.
It may or may not exist we are not in a position to determine

D. Making texting while driving a federal offense has not been successful in reducing the number of road accidents.
We don't have the data before and after the crash therefore we cannot comment on the same therefore out

E. A car driving in autonomous mode will have a lower incidence rate of auto accidents than a car driven by a responsible driver.
How the responsible driver acts is not stated in the passage therefore we cannot take a decision

Therefore IMO B