(A) A skydiver checks the lines on her parachute several times before a jump because tangled lines often keep the parachutes from opening properly
(B) A person decides to quit smoking in order to lesson the probability of lung damage to himself and his family
(C) A homeowner who decides to have her house tested for radon also decides not to allow anyone to smoke in her house
(D) A person who often weaves in and out of traffic while driving his car at excessive speeds worries about meteorites hitting his house
(E) A group of townspeople opposes the building of a nuclear waste dump outsider their town and proposes that the dump be placed in another town.
5. It can be inferred that the authors of the passage would be more likely than would the risk communicators discussed in the first paragraph to emphasize which one of the following?
(A) lay people’s tendency to become alarmed about technologies that they find new or strange
(B) lay people’s tendency to compare risks that experts would not consider comparable