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The World Automobile Association (WAA) publishes a list of the “Best and Worst Drivers of the World,” ranking the drivers of every nation according to the number of traffic deaths per mile driven in that country. Each of the following, if true, would by itself provide a logical objection to using the WAA’s ranking as a representation of the quality of drivers in each nation EXCEPT:

(A) The roads in some countries are in bad repair and are therefore more dangerous than roads in other countries.
(B) The average driver in industrialized countries can afford to maintain his or her car in better condition than can the average driver in less developed countries.
(C) Some countries contain hundreds of thousands of miles of road while other countries contain relatively few miles of road.
(D) Minor accidents that would cause little injury in many countries are often fatal when they occur in extremely mountainous countries.
(E) Because of differences in national economies, the average car in some
countries contains many more passengers than does the average car in other countries.

I feel OA to be E why is it c.

KarishmaB · Accepted Answer

The ranking is according to the number of 'traffic deaths per mile  driven '.
If a country is densely populated, the number of miles driven will be more too even if there are fewer roads.

Hence, "Some countries contain more miles while others contain fewer" is not an objection to this parameter. To an extent, denser population with fewer roads could lead to congestion and hence deteriorated traffic conditions but option (C) does not talk about denser population. It only says that number of miles of road is different in different countries. But we don't need to worry about that since we care about the miles driven (which is a logical measure), not the miles present.

MacFauz · Answer

The World Automobile Association (WAA) publishes a list of the “Best and Worst Drivers of the World,” ranking the drivers of every nation according to the number of traffic deaths per mile driven in that country. Each of the following, if true, would by itself provide a logical objection to using the WAA’s ranking as a representation of the quality of drivers in each nation EXCEPT:

(A) The roads in some countries are in bad repair and are therefore more dangerous than roads in other countries.  Good reason for why driver may not be at fault for causing the accident at all times. The roads might be the reason 
(B) The average driver in industrialized countries can afford to maintain his or her car in better condition than can the average driver in less developed countries. Good reason for why driver may not be at fault for causing the accident at all times. The cars might be the reason 
(C) Some countries contain hundreds of thousands of miles of road while other countries contain relatively few miles of road.  Irrelevant.. As the highlighted part shows, the ranking is by number of deaths PER MILE. 
(D) Minor accidents that would cause little injury in many countries are often fatal when they occur in extremely mountainous countries.  A possible reason for why drivers of the same skill can cause more deaths at certain locations 
(E) Because of differences in national economies, the average car in some countries contains many more passengers than does the average car in other countries. A possible reason for why drivers of the same skill can cause more deaths at certain locations

BangOn · Answer

Ok. So we need to vote in support of the WAA ranking.
A --> Makes sense and is an pssbl objection.
B --> Makes sense and is an pssbl objection.
C --> Distance correlated to accidents? Park
D --> Makes sense and is an pssbl objection.
E --> No. of Passengers correlated to accidents? Park

So C and E are possible answer choices. C is more logical to me as distance correlation to accidents is far fetched.

Rohan_Kanungo · Answer

On C I had other thoughts. Since the rating is death/mile, so it may be the case that a more densly populated country has lesser miles per person(say Country A) than a sparsely populated country(Country B). Hence, if the ratings are compared the percentage of deaths in terms of population would be less in Country A but because it has less number of miles than country B it the rating will give more deaths per mile in country A. Isnt this reasoning right?

MrWallSt · Answer

The argument states that the amount of traffic deaths per mile driven is used to rank drivers. The question is asking which statement does not offer an objection to using that as a ranking. So we should expect to see four statements which show that comparing traffic deaths on a per mile driven basis does not accurately measure the population ability and one that shows that it does or is irrelevant. A,B, D, E all go against the using driving deaths per mile driven, since they show there are other elements that are not equal across the countries. C however says that countries have different amount of roads. If you are comparing deaths per mile driven, total miles of roads should not effect this, since more miles would be balanced out by more deaths. Again, this was an except question and C provides that exception we were looking for.

Any kudos are greatly appreciated.

Any kudos are greatly appreciated.

Crytiocanalyst · Answer

(A) The roads in some countries are in bad repair and are therefore more dangerous than roads in other countries.
This gives us reason to strengthen the fact drivers skill isn't the no 1 criteria therefore out

(B) The average driver in industrialized countries can afford to maintain his or her car in better condition than can the average driver in less developed countries.
If the cars are in better conditions then the drivers skills are the prime factor therefore out

(C) Some countries contain hundreds of thousands of miles of road while other countries contain relatively few miles of road.
The icrease in length shouldn't affect the skill of the driver therefore let us hang on to it

(D) Minor accidents that would cause little injury in many countries are often fatal when they occur in extremely mountainous countries.
THis is an objection it's not the drivers fault but rather the roads that's causing all the damage therefore out

(E) Because of differences in national economies, the average car in some
countries contains many more passengers than does the average car in other countries.
THis too adds to the fact that some drivers may cause serious to many passangers and dropping the overall ratings of the country therefore out

THerefore IMO C

tsraeroshad · Answer

Don't understand how C is right (i.e. it doesn't weaken the argument)

I feel it weakens the argument quite a lot. In a case where both the countries have equal number of deaths (say-100). The country with larger distance of roads will have less death miles travelled.

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