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21. The author states that in the EU ...

A) the number of victims is increasing gradually because of traffic accidents at present time.

B) according to the statistics, the situation is not as bad as it seems for the time being.

C) though the amount of traffic is rising, it is getting easier to solve the accidents.

D) in spite of the decreasing fatalities in traffic accidents, experts are still worried about the situation.

22. All of the following statements are TRUE EXCEPT:

A) The number of deaths was equal to a quarter of a hundred thousand yearly until 2010.

B) A great deal of countries haven’t been successful in declining the number of accidents.

C) It is becoming difficult to lessen traffic jams, particularly because of expensive accident-reduction schemes.

D) Sweden is not among the EU countries, which have failed in the issue of decreasing traffic accidents.