Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as the current one.
OG Question
Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as the current one.
(A) equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as
(B) equally likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are
(C) equally likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit as
(D) as likely that they will exceed the proposed speed limit as
(E) as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are
Answer is E) and reason is cited as idiom: as X as Y.
But this sentence:
Traffic safety officials predict that drivers will be as likely to exceed the proposed speed limit as they are the current one.
seems to be incorrect in saying they (drivers) are the current one.
Please explain.
as they are (to exceed) the current one. -“to exceed” is implied. (ellipsis).
Isn’t the “they” ambiguous?
Can the “they” not point back to the traffic safety officials?
