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Identify the Type of Fallacy in the Following Passage

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Identify the type of fallacy in the following passage.
"Don't sweat. They won't stop you for speeding. The cops have yet to stop me for texting."


Definitions:

Pencil-and-Paper Tests

Traditional forms of assessments or examinations where responses are written or selected on paper, often used for educational or psychological testing.

Polygraphs

Lie detector tests that measure physiological responses to questions in order to infer truthfulness.

Reliability and Validity

Terms used in research and testing to describe, respectively, the consistency of results over time and the accuracy of measuring what it is supposed to measure.

Unstructured Interviews

A type of interview in which questions are not prearranged, allowing for a free-flowing, conversational approach.

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