PrepTest 37, Section 3, Question 24
Robert: Speed limits on residential streets in Crownsbury are routinely ignored by drivers. People crossing those streets are endangered by speeding drivers, yet the city does not have enough police officers to patrol every street. So the city should install speed bumps and signs warning of their presence on residential streets to slow down traffic.
Robert: Speed limits on residential streets in Crownsbury are routinely ignored by drivers. People crossing those streets are endangered by speeding drivers, yet the city does not have enough police officers to patrol every street. So the city should install speed bumps and signs warning of their presence on residential streets to slow down traffic.
Sheila: That is a bad idea. People who are driving too fast can easily lose control of their vehicles when they hit a speed bump.
Robert: Speed limits on residential streets in Crownsbury are routinely ignored by drivers. People crossing those streets are endangered by speeding drivers, yet the city does not have enough police officers to patrol every street. So the city should install speed bumps and signs warning of their presence on residential streets to slow down traffic.
Sheila: That is a bad idea. People who are driving too fast can easily lose control of their vehicles when they hit a speed bump.
Robert: Speed limits on residential streets in Crownsbury are routinely ignored by drivers. People crossing those streets are endangered by speeding drivers, yet the city does not have enough police officers to patrol every street. So the city should install speed bumps and signs warning of their presence on residential streets to slow down traffic.
The relationship of Sheila's statement to Robert's argument is that Sheila's statement
raises the objection that the problem with which Robert is concerned may not be as serious as he takes it to be
argues that the solution Robert advocates is likely to have undesirable side effects of its own
defends an alternative course of action as more desirable than the one advocated by Robert
concedes that the solution advocated by Robert would be effective, but insists that the reasons for this are not those given by Robert
charges that Robert's proposal would have no net effect on the problem he describes
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