Avoiding Train ~ lateral thinking

Tuesday, July 06, 2004

A man was walking along a railway track when he spotted an express train speeding towards him. To avoid it, he jumped off the track, but before he jumped he ran ten feet towards the train. Why?



Taken from a series of books written by Paul Sloane




solution :

The man was walking through a train tunnel and was almost at the end when he heard a whistle and spotted the train approaching him. He therefore had to move forward, towards the train, so that he could exit the tunnel and jump clear.

Blogged on 10:22 AM by Upay

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