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In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better.
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market.
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe.
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
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20 Jan 2010, 13:09
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In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better. IMO.... D
Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT:
(A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States. - Weakens
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers. - Weakens
(C) Cars built for the European market tend to have more sturdy construction than do cars built for the United States market. - Weakens
(D) Automobile passengers in the United States have a greater statistical chance of being involved in an accident than do passengers in Europe. - Correct. As this statement has no effect on the conclusion of the stem. The conclusion is "the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better." This option only says the passengers have greater chance of accident in US. The reason could be anything!
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents. - Weakens _________________
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29 Sep 2003, 07:15
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Autor argues that safety belts are the primary cause in reducing the severity of injuries in accidents. A supports this assumption
All other undermine the argument
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29 Sep 2003, 11:35
Brainless wrote:
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Autor argues that safety belts are the primary cause in reducing the severity of injuries in accidents. A supports this assumption All other undermine the argument
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A weakens the argument...its says that its not the seat belt, its the
tendency not to wear seat belts that causes the accidents.
I think D
We dont know what statistical basis is used for this statement...
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30 Sep 2003, 17:38
praetorian123 wrote:
Brainless wrote:
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Autor argues that safety belts are the primary cause in reducing the severity of injuries in accidents. A supports this assumption All other undermine the argument
Brain
A weakens the argument...its says that its not the seat belt, its the tendency not to wear seat belts that causes the accidents.
I think D
We dont know what statistical basis is used for this statement...
I still feel choice A gives more than enough info to support the assumption made by author , that, not wearing a properly designed safety belt(in US) is as good in resulting more severe injuries as 'wearing an improperly designed safety belt'
As far as D is concerned, It merely emphasizes a stastistical report that there are more accidents in US than in Europe, but does not make one believe that how many of these accidents actually resulted in severe injuries for not wearing a safety belt. Therfore it neither strengthens nor weakens the argument.
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21 Oct 2003, 14:01
brain,
i think you just answered you own question in your last post....A is wrong b/c:
the issue: Europe has less severe accidents b/c it has stringent safety belt laws (better type of belt or whatever...),....then the argument says that the US needs to adopt this type of safety belt standard to better protect passengers....
we need to find something that doesn't weaken this argument...and the best way to do that is to eliminate everything that does weaken this argument...and in order to weaken the argument, we just need to show that the even if the safety belt standards were adopted in the US, the accidents would still be severe...or in other words...there is another reason that the accidents in Europe are less severe
A:clearly weakens the argument b/c it shows that Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts...remember that the argument says that better safety belts would make injuries less severe in the US...well, if the Europeans are more likely to wear them, then that destroys the argument...b/c even though the US might have better belts, they're not going to wear them so the argument is moot....
and if you read closely B, C, and E all give "other" reasons why the accidents in Europe are less severe...and remember as I said before, an alternate cause is what we need to show lack of support for the conclusion....
consequently, the only choice left is D...and as you said Brainless, D neither supports or weakens the argument....which is what makes it the correct answer...remember, we are not looking for an answer that supports the conclusion...the question merely asks, which one does NOT WEAKEN the argument....and that would be D....precisely b/c it does nothing...it just gives us some useless information....we don't care what else it does to the argument, it could support it or not...BUT AS LONG AS IT DOES NOT WEAKEN THE ARGUMET, it is the answer...hope that makes sense...
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SudiptoGmat wrote:
In the United States, injuries to passengers involved in automobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe, where laws require a different kind of safety belt. It is clear from this that the United States needs to adopt more stringent standards for safety belt design to protect automobile passengers better. Each of the following, if true, weakens the argument above EXCEPT: (A) Europeans are more likely to wear safety belts than are people in the United States.
Clearly explains that its not the belt but the habit of europeans. So out
(B) Unlike United States drivers, European drivers receive training in how best to react in the event of an accident to minimize injuries to themselves and to their passengers.
Completely out of scope and doesnt explain why safety belt will not reduce the chances of severe accident
(E) States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents.
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16 Jul 2016, 11:54
I have a doubt with E, argument says United States needs to adopt more stringent standards why because in US passengers involved in auto mobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe and in Europe require a different kind of safety belt. What if same Europe is applied in states and injurious severity reduces. to strengthen assumption is Europe seat belt is not able to reduce severity hence US need more standard. PLease explain
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mbaprep2016 wrote:
I have a doubt with E, argument says United States needs to adopt more stringent standards why because in US passengers involved in auto mobile accidents are typically more severe than in Europe and in Europe require a different kind of safety belt. What if same Europe is applied in states and injurious severity reduces. to strengthen assumption is Europe seat belt is not able to reduce severity hence US need more standard. PLease explain
No, E says "States that have recently begun requiring the European safety belt have experienced no reduction in the average severity of injuries suffered by passengers in automobile accidents." This point itself makes doubt if the European safety belt was the only reason in reduction of injuries in Europe, as the same when applied to other nations didn't provide similar or near to similar results. Thus , it could happen that seat belt is not something that is causing severe accidents in US. hence, E is a weakener. -- Hit Kudos if you like the answer.
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