Two cars collide at a red light.An eyewitness to the incident is later asked by a police officer how fast the vehicles were traveling when they "smashed" into each other.You'd expect that the eyewitness's memory would ______.
A)be biased to say that no accident occurred at all
B)remember the event with complete accuracy
C)be biased to say the cares were traveling faster than they actually were
D)be biased to say the cars were traveling faster than they actually were

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Eyewitnesses tend to overestimate speed and distance when recalling an accident.

Two Cars Collide at a Red Light