Question

You are writing a response to a newspaper editorial urging your city to install a red light camera to reduce traffic accidents at a dangerous intersection.

Which part of the editorial would provide the best evidence for your thesis that the writer is wrong to claim that the cameras make intersections safer?


Claiming that the writer’s stated job as a traffic officer is a conflict of interest


Pointing out that the study the writer cites as proof that red light cameras reduce the number of broad side crashes also reports they increase the number of rear end collisions


Using the writer’s statistics on the number of tickets issued by red light cameras at similar intersection to suggest the real motive is to raise money from fines


Countering the writer’s story about the number of accidents and near misses he has seen at the intersection with your observation that you haven���t seen many crashes there

Answer 1

The best evidence for the thesis  is option B. The study that was used as proof also acted as counter proof in the question.

What is an evidence?

This is a claim that has been tested and then found out to be true. Relating to this question, we can make out that the writer is saying that intersections are safer.

But from what we see here, the source of his claim is obviously without real evidence given that the same study said that the red lights increase rear end collisions.

It can then be concluded that the cameras do not make the intersections safer.

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