AshutoshB wrote:
Studies have shown that pedestrians are struck by cars when crossing streets in crosswalks more often than they are struck when crossing outside of crosswalks. This is because crosswalks give many pedestrians an overly strong sense of security that oncoming cars will follow the signals, and these pedestrians are less likely to look both ways before crossing the street.
Which one of the following, if true, most undermines the explanation proposed above?
A. The overwhelming majority of pedestrians in high-traffic areas cross streets in crosswalks.
B. The number of pedestrians struck by cars has increased in recent years.
C. Pedestrians tend to underestimate the chances that the signals at a crosswalk will malfunction.
D. Drivers are generally most alert to pedestrians who are in or near crosswalks.
E. Measures intended to promote safety tend to make people less cautious.
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GMATNinja KarishmaB ReedArnoldMPREP MartyMurray AjiteshArunI am little confused with why (A) is the answer. Can't even get this one using POE as A, B and D confused me.
Premise:crosswalks give many pedestrians an
overly strong sense of security that oncoming cars will follow the signals.
these pedestrians are
less likely to look both ways before crossing the street.
Conclusion:pedestrians are struck by cars when crossing streets in crosswalks more often than they are struck when crossing outside of crosswalks
So, purported reasons for higher accidents can be either
careless drivers OR
careless pedestrians Quote:
A. The overwhelming majority of pedestrians in high-traffic areas cross streets in crosswalks.
Why i find this answer absolutely unrelatable is that
1. argument talks about pedestrian in general, but (A) is quite specific ''
high-traffic areas''. Seemed overly qualified option.
2.
how to we know that
not-high traffic areas do not have most of the accidents?
Quote:
C. Pedestrians tend to underestimate the chances that the signals at a crosswalk will malfunction.
This option gives me another reason to suspect that either
careless drivers OR
careless pedestrians can be the reasons.
Should be the answer.Quote:
D. Drivers are generally most alert to pedestrians who are in or near crosswalks.
This one says Drivers are
''MOST ALERT'', hence it makes more plausible that
''careless pedestrians'' is the reason for higher accidents in crosswalks.
May not weaken the argument.