LSAT 127 | Section 1 | Logical Reasoning: Q24

LR Question 24 Explanation

QUESTION TEXT: Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements…

QUESTION TYPE: Paradox

ANALYSIS: The two conflicting statements are:

1. Areas with more stringent safety requirements have more accidents per kilometer driven.
2. Experts believe that these safety requirements reduce accidents.

One possible explanation is that areas with poor drivers are more concerned with passing regulations, because safety is such a problem. The correct answer (C) takes another route, and gives us a reason that road safety is worse despite the regulations.

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1. This doesn’t help explain why accidents are higher where there are more regulations.
2. This could explain why accidents are higher, but not why the experts still think regulations are a good idea.
3. CORRECT. This does it. The regulations could be helping, as the experts say. But the roads are so congested that the area is quite dangerous to drive in, despite the regulations.
4. This would explain why experts think regulations are a good idea, but it doesn’t explain why there are so many accidents.
5. This doesn’t add any useful information, since we are talking about accidents per kilometer of driving. It wouldn’t matter if there were 100 km or 100,000: the stimulus is referring to the accident rate.

Recap: The question begins with “Provinces and states with stringent car safety requirements”. It is a Paradox question. Learn more about LSAT Paradox questions in our guide to LSAT Logical Reasoning question types.