Passage Summary: Even though antilock brakes are designed to prevent accidents, people who use them actually end up in more crashes than people who don't have them.

Reasoning: Antilock brakes are engineered to increase safety, yet statistics show that drivers with these brakes are involved in more accidents than those without them.

Analysis: We are faced with a classic 'safety paradox' where a technological improvement leads to a worse outcome. To resolve this, we need to find a factor that explains the higher accident rate among antilock brake users, such as behavioral changes or external conditions. Perhaps drivers with these brakes feel invincible and take more risks, or perhaps these brakes are primarily installed in cars driven in dangerous, icy climates. Since this is an 'EXCEPT' question, four choices will provide a plausible explanation, while the correct one will likely be irrelevant or deepen the mystery.