Beginning in 1966 all new cars sold in Morodia were required to have safety belts and power steering. Previously, most cars in Morodia were without these features. Safety belts help to prevent injuries in collisions, and power steering helps to avoid collisions in the first place. But even though in 1966 one-seventh of the cars in Morodia were replaced with new cars, the number of car collisions and collision-related injuries did not decline.

Which of the following, if true about Morodia, most helps to explain why the number of collisions and collision-related injuries in Morodia failed to decline in 1966?

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Because of a driver-education campaign, most drivers and passengers in cars that did have safety belts used them in 1966.

Most of the new cars bought in 1966 were bought in the months of January and February.

In 1965, substantially more than one-seventh of the cars in Morodia were replaced with new cars.

An excessive reliance on the new safety features led many owners of new cars to drive less cautiously in 1966 than before.

Correct

The seat belts and power steering put into new cars sold in 1966 had to undergo strict quality-control inspections by manufacturers, whether the cars were manufactured in Morodia or not.

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Comments

RutvijAug 18

D seems obvious once you see it, but I stared at the others for way too long lol. classic "new safety makes people reckless" thing.

MarkusAug 21

Same, I kept second guessing myself because it felt too easy for a paradox question.

What this question tests

What it tests

Whether you can explain an apparent contradiction in a way that makes both facts true.

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Picking an option that explains one side of the paradox while making the other side false.