Marge: "Drunk driving accidents will only stop when we start giving harsher penalties severe enough to stop anyone from even considering to drink and drive."
Adam: "The only way to discourage drinking and driving is to prohibit the consumption of alcohol. Even if penalties are harsh, people will still sometimes drink and drive because an intoxicated person is incapable of making a good choice about whether it is safe to drive."
Adam and Marge disagree about whether
A)Intoxicated people can make good decisions.
B)Drinking and driving is dangerous.
C)There is an effective way to stop drunk driving.
D)Drunk driving is one of the most serious problems in society.
E)Drunk driving can be prevented without prohibiting alcohol consumption.

Question

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Adam and Marge disagree about whether drunk driving can be prevented without prohibiting alcohol consumption. Adam and Marge agree that drunk driving is a serious problem and that there is a way to stop it, but they disagree on what that way is. Marge asserts that drunk driving can be stopped through harsher penalties while still allowing people to drink alcohol, but Adam argues that you can't stop drunk driving without stopping alcohol consumption, making E the correct answer.

Marge: "Drunk Driving Accidents Will Only Stop When We Start