Drunk-driving fatalities represent the total number of people (occupants and non-occupants) killed in motor vehicle traffic crashes in which at least one driver had a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08 or higher. The following graph, titled "Drunk Driving Fatalities Down 38%. Despite a 31% Increase in Licensed Drivers," was taken from page 13 of the document Signs of Progress on theWeb site of the Beer Institute.

a. What features of the graph are potentially misleading?
b. Do you think that it was necessary to incorporate those features in order to display the data?
c. What could be done to more correctly display the data?

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e Number of licensed drivers (millions) O Number of drunk-driving fatalities 200 190 180 24,000 21,113 21,500 3 196.2 19,000 3 16,500e 14,000 160 E 150 Z 140 150.2 13,04500 82 84 86 88 90 92 94 96 98 00 02 9000 Year