A train dispatcher sees a train heading towards two track maintenance workers.

A train dispatcher sees a train heading towards two track maintenance workers. Diverting the train will kill a lone signal operator on a bypass track.

• 28% chose: Divert the train. (15 people)
• 72% chose: Allow the train to proceed. (39 people)

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