Car Accident Dilemma

The Scenario: There has been a traffic accident on the freeway, and a quick glance ahead shows there are at least three badly deformed cars at the scene. What describes your attitude the best?

You drive by, looking straight ahead. Gawking at potentially seriously injured people in the midst of their trauma and tragedy is in the worst possible taste.

Traffic is slowing anyway, so you take a look to try to see how this calamity occurred. You indulge your morbid curiosity by staying with the flow of traffic and splitting your attention between driving and viewing the scene.

You pull over and pose as a government accident investigator. This will allow you to get the gory details, and explain why you are taking pictures of everything.

You pull over as far from the accident scene as possible. Some gawker is going to hit your car and blame you for the accident.

You grab the opportunity to gawk. As a result, you either hit the vehicle in front of you, or stop suddenly and get hit from behind.

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