Question

Read the following passage:

"Angry residents are demanding that the city ban ride-sharing scooters, calling them a dangerous nuisance that makes getting around town harder instead of easier. They claim that riders run into pedestrians on the sidewalks and ignore traffic laws on the streets. Renters abandon the machines carelessly when they get to their destination or the batteries run out, blocking doorways and footpaths. Hospitals and clinics report a spike of scooter-related fractures, dislocations, and other injuries."

The main idea of the reading is that people want scooters banned for being dangerous nuisances. Which option is a detail used to support this idea?


Scooters have a short battery life.


Hospitals are training doctors to treat scooter-related injuries.


Scooters are expensive.


Scooters on the sidewalk collide with walkers.

Answer 1

Answer: D. "Scooters on the sidewalk collide with walkers."

Step-by-step explanation:

The "short battery life" answer may be true, but it has little to do with scooters being dangerous. Same with "scooters are expensive". B, "Hospitals are training doctors to treat scooter-related injuries." is closer and would be the answer, if not for the presence of the correct answer, D.

Answer: D. "Scooters on the sidewalk collide with walkers."