Which of the following BEST standardizes the argument in this passage? "All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. After all, we should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. Since people behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line, steering wheel-mounted spears would make people drive much more cautiously." ("Workbook for Arguments," Morrow & Weston, Exercise 1.2, #7, adapted from "The Armchair Economist," Landsburg) Group of answer choices [1] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3]) [1] All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. [2] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [3] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [4] So, a spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1], [2], and [3]) [1] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [2] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3]) [1] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [3] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [1], [2], and [3])

Which of the following BEST standardizes the argument in this passage? "All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. After all, we should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. Since people behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line, steering wheel-mounted spears would make people drive much more cautiously." ("Workbook for Arguments," Morrow & Weston, Exercise 1.2, #7, adapted from "The Armchair Economist," Landsburg) Group of answer choices [1] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3]) [1] All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. [2] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [3] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [4] So, a spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1], [2], and [3]) [1] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [2] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3]) [1] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [3] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [1], [2], and [3])

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Which of the following BEST standardizes the argument in this passage?

"All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. After all, we should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. Since people behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line, steering wheel-mounted spears would make people drive much more cautiously." ("Workbook for Arguments," Morrow & Weston, Exercise 1.2, #7, adapted from "The Armchair Economist," Landsburg)

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[1] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3])

[1] All cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. [2] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [3] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [4] So, a spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1], [2], and [3])

[1] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [2] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. (from [1]) [3] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [2] and [3])

[1] We should do everything we can to encourage cautious driving. [2] People behave much more cautiously when they know that their life is on the line. [3] A spear mounted on the steering wheel of every car, aimed directly at the driver's chest, would make people drive much more cautiously. [4] So, all cars should have a spear mounted on the steering wheel, aimed directly at the driver's chest. (from [1], [2], and [3])

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