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A city saw a 20% decrease in traffic accidents after lower speed limits were introduced. However, the number of traffic citations issued actually decreased.
Which of the following, if true, helps resolve this paradox?
- Most drivers substantially reduced their speed in response to the new limits, producing both safer roads and fewer violations.
- Accident-reporting requirements were tightened just after the new limits took effect, expanding the set of incidents officials were obligated to record.
- The city assigned a substantially larger number of police officers to patrol the affected streets throughout the period in question.
- Many of the traffic accidents in the city occur late at night, on poorly lit roads where driver visibility is unusually low.
- The fines levied for exceeding the speed limit were doubled at the very same time that the lower speed limits were introduced.
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