The Value of Driver Training Reading Answers

Kasturika Samanta

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Updated On Apr 10, 2023

Reading Passage 2
Answer Key
Explanation

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Reading Passage 2

You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 15-27, which are based on the Reading Passage below.

The Value of Driver Training

Most fatal accidents involve a disproportionately high number of men under the age of 25. A report on young driver research prepared last year by Monash University’s accident research centre found that in 1990 and 1991, almost a third of the people killed in road crashes were drivers under 25, yet this age group represents only 14 percent of the population. The report, which also updated a review of international literature about, among other things, driver training, also reached what many would consider a startling conclusion: training and education where they occur — principally in the US — do not appear to reduce younger drivers’ risk of crashing.

The Monash University researchers looked at crash information from New South Wales for 1986 to 1990, from Victoria for 1984 to 1990 from South Australia for 1986 to 1990. The Australian evidence which possibly indicates that counter-measures targeted specifically at young/novice drivers have been effective comes from evaluations of zero blood alcohol concentration legislation. (In 1989, all Australian governments agreed from 1991 on, to ban provisional drivers from drink-driving at any-level, and to extend the provisional licence to three years).

The Monash researchers also looked at United States road-crash information for 1989 on 6.6 million police-reported crashes involving fatalities, injuries and motor vehicle damage. The researchers looked at a sample of 44,000 crashes. The conclusion was that the available literature gives a pessimistic view of the efficacy of driver training and education, reflected in the inability to produce drivers safer than those who have not been trained. One study on driver training in the US was conducted in DeKalb county, Georgia between 1977 and 1981. 16,000 school students were split into three groups: one group received 70 hours practical driver education training, another a brief, school based course and the third no school-based driver education. Those comprehensively trained were 16 per cent more likely to get their licences, but 11 per cent more likely to crash and eight per cent more likely to get traffic fines.

In 1985, the researchers who conducted that study then reviewed 14 studies of defensive driver training courses and concluded that though people who attended such courses received fewer traffic fines, they did not have fewer crashes. Despite the intuitive conclusion that safe driving should be teachable (like many practical skills), there is insufficient evidence about the ability of practical driver training to reduce crashes for the general driving population.

The Monash University report into young drivers concluded that younger drivers were more likely to take risks at night, younger men were more likely to take risks than younger women, but younger women appeared to have ‘greater skills deficiency’. Overall, the researchers concluded that it appears that vehicle-control skills improve rapidly with increasing experience but that their development is still incomplete after one or two years and possibly after considerably longer periods.

Questions 15-18

Below is a list of paragraph headings labelled A-I.

For each question 15-18, select the most suitable paragraph heading from the list and write your answers A-I, in the spaces numbered 15-18 on the answer sheet.

The first one has been done for you as an example. There are more headings than you will need, so you won’t use them all.

List of headings

A Looking at young drivers

B Do driving courses prevent accidents?

C Results of safety campaigns

D A United States study

E Defensive driving — fewer traffic fines

F Male and female drivers

G The Monash University report

H An international review

I The situation in the United States

Example: Paragraph 1 Answer. G

15 Paragraph 2

16 Paragraph 3

17 Paragraph 4

18 Paragraph 5

Questions 19-23

Read each of the following statements numbered 19-23.

If the statement is true, write T,

if the statement is not true, write F, and

if there is no information about the statement in the passage, write NI.

Write your answers in the spaces numbered 19-23 on the answer sheet.

19 More men than women are killed in road crashes.

20 The laws against drink-driving have helped prevent road accidents.

21 Young drivers who are taught to drive at school have fewer accidents.

22 Driver training for young drivers is compulsory in the United States.

23 All young people who undergo driver training get a driving licence.

Questions 24-27

Questions 24-27 are based on information from Paragraphs 4 and 5 of the reading passage. The statements are incomplete.

Choose the correct ending for each statement from the list of statement endings A-H, in the box below.

Write your answers A-H, in the spaces numbered 24-27 on the answer sheet.

24 Most people would expect that safe driving …

25 People who do driver training courses …

26 Young female drivers …

27 Young male drivers …

List of statement endings

A …drive more at night.

B …drive more carefully.

C …can not be taught.

D … have more traffic accidents.

E …have few traffic fines.

F …have better driving skills.

G …can be taught.

H …reviewed 14 studies.

Answer Key

Question No.	Answer	Question No.	Answer
15	C	22	F
16	I	23	F
17	B	24	G
18	A	25	D
19	NI	26	B
20	T	27	F
21	F

Explanation

15 Answer: C

Question type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph 2

Answer explanation: In the second paragraph, it is given “The Australian evidence which possibly indicates that counter-measures targeted specifically at young/novice drivers have been effective comes from evaluations of zero blood alcohol concentration legislation. (In 1989, all Australian governments agreed from 1991 on, to ban provisional drivers from drink-driving at any-level, and to extend the provisional licence to three years).”. This reference proves that in the second paragraph, the writer points out the results (counter-measures targeted specifically at young/novice drivers have been effective) of safety standards (ban provisional drivers from drink-driving at any-level, and to extend the provisional licence to three years) followed from 1991 by Australian governments. Hence, the answer is C (Results of safety campaigns).

16 Answer: I

Question type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph 3

Answer explanation: In the specified paragraph, it is given “The Monash researchers also looked at United States road-crash information for 1989 on 6.6 million police-reported crashes involving fatalities, injuries and motor vehicle damage…The conclusion was that the available literature gives a pessimistic view of the efficacy of driver training and education, reflected in the inability to produce drivers safer than those who have not been trained.”. In other words, the third paragraph deals with the road and accident situation in the United States. Hence, the answer is I (The situation in the United States).

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17 Answer: B

Question type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph 4

Answer explanation: In the fourth paragraph, it is stated that “In 1985, the researchers who conducted that study then reviewed 14 studies of defensive driver training courses and concluded that though people who attended such courses received fewer traffic fines, they did not have fewer crashes.”. It can be pointed out that the writer, in the specified paragraph, provides an answer to the question of whether driving courses have aided in preventing accidents; the answer is no. Hence, the answer is B (Do driving courses prevent accidents?).

18 Answer: A

Question type: Matching Headings

Answer location: Paragraph 5

Answer explanation: Through a reference line like, “The Monash University report into young drivers concluded that younger drivers were more likely to take risks at night, younger men were more likely to take risks than younger women, but younger women appeared to have ‘greater skills deficiency’.”, it can be concluded from the last paragraph that the writer looks into young drivers and how experience is important for drivers. Hence, the answer is A (Looking at young drivers).

19 Answer: NI