painted marking along their edge

[poonamchiK]

Many small roads do not have painted markings along their edges. Clear edge markings would make it easier for drivers to see upcoming curves and to judge the car's position on the road, particularly when visibility is poor, and would therefore seem to be a useful contribution to road safety. However, after Greatwater County painted edge markings on all its narrow, winding roads, the annual accident rate along those roads actually increased slightly.

Which of the following, if true, most helps to explain the increase in accident rate?


(A) Greatwater County has an unusually high proportion of narrow, winding roads.

(B) In bad weather it can be nearly as difficult for drivers to see the road as it is at night.

(C) Prior to the painting of the edge markings, Greatwater County's narrow, winding roads already had a somewhat higher accident rate than other Greatwater County roads.

(D) Many of the accidents on narrow, winding roads involve a single vehicle veering off the road, rather than the collision of two vehicles.

(E) After the markings were painted on the roads, many drivers who had gone out of their way to avoid driving on those roads at night no longer did so.

Highlight this to see correct ans E .

I couldnt zero down to even one. Or perhaps i couldnt see something crucial here.

Thx
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[jnelson0612]

poonamchiK, what is the source for this problem?

[poonamchiK]

I have found this floating on the internet.
:-)

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[poonamchiK]

Btw the correct answer is E. Because it says that people who did not drive initially (in the sense, not so good drivers), they started driving after the edges were painted, thereby contributing to accidents.

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[jnelson0612]

Unfortunately we can't do anything more with this. All problems posted here must have original sources. Please find the original source or I will need to delete this thread, thanks.

[trang.kieu.phung]

Hi,
This is a CR problem from GMATPrep.

[jnelson0612]

Thank you. Can you please repost in the GMAT prep forum? Then we will delete this thread out of the general forum. Thanks!

[pras1387]

hey,
couldn't find the discussion for this question on GMAT Prep heading and here the discussion has stopped.

[jnelson0612]

If someone would like to repost this on the GMATPrep Verbal forum, we can continue the discussion there. Thanks!