While driving on the freeway a big truck cut me off when it changed lanes. A few days earlier another truck tailgated me, and yet another refused to dim its lights. The conclusion is obvious that truckers these days are as rude as they are reckless.
A) Composition.
B) Missing the point.
C) Hasty generalization.
D) No fallacy.
E) Appeal to unqualified authority.

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The author is using a hasty generalization by assuming that because a few truckers were rude on the road, all truckers are now rude and reckless. This conclusion is not supported by enough evidence and is an overgeneralization.

While Driving on the Freeway a Big Truck Cut Me