Multiple choice

You are driving on a highway on your way to an urgent business trip. You are late for the appointment scheduled with your prospective customers from whom you are expecting a big order. You notice the wreckage of a car and also see that a person is trapped in it. Which of the following options would you choose as the first course of action?

  1. Continue to drive as you are late for the appointment but inform about the accident to the first police station or hospital you come across

  2. Inform telephonically about the accident to a hospital/police station and then move ahead

  3. Inform telephonically about the accident and wait for police/ambulance to arrive; but then you are likely to miss your business deal

  4. Inform the police/ambulance and seek local help to try and extricate the victim from the wreckage; this option is also likely to rob you of your business opportunity

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

lling the police and ambulance is important but trying to render immediate help, extricating an accident victim from wreckage is equally important (unless that would further harm the victim or is just not possible). Hence Option'd' is the best course followed by Options (c) and ( b). Option (a) may be futile as you may not come across a hospital or police station on a highway and, by the time you do, it may be too late. Principal/Value Tested Regard for human life and empathy for others '

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