The toughest question I faced.

So mnay options spring to mind when reading this, first and foremost, I am so glad I am not a traindriver! I don't want to kill any of those children at all. Their parents should have seen to it that they were not there in the first place explaining to them the reasons and making them understand what could happen to them and others in the same situation. Is the loss of 20 lives to be compared with the loss of 2. 20 who might grow up and become criminals, thugs or whatever, because as children they do not obey the rules. Or 2 who wanted to play and think they are in a safe place but thanks to some other fate there no longer might be as safe as they thought. No I'm sorry I cannot decide. I hope too that I will never ever be in a similar situation as there is no choice....

This is a really hard question, but I would take the least life. I would go on the second track to spare the twenty children. Living with the lives of two kids on my head would be a lot easier (although I am pretty sure I would still go insane) than twenty mis-behaving kids. However there is a tiny voice in the back of my head screaming to stay on track and squish the 20 to spare the innocent...

Oh lord I would never ever want to be in that situation at all. but if the kids cold see the trains lights..wouldn't that be able to give them time to jump out of the way? It would probably be easier to take B track but potentially the most wise. Because if the train has passengers then they could be harmed by using track B if the tracks were messed up. My mind is telling me to take the track B but my heart is telling me to get me the heck out of this nightmare..cause I don't wanna choose either because in both cases someone has to die..and I don't wanna be the one to have to choose to take a life.

i wish i say i don't want to face such a question ever in life. but life is a challange and every challage should be faced. so even i do face it... i am not feeling good while i am thinking about it but still i would take a decision.. i would drive on the right track... track A. 1. track B is illegal and trains don't ply on it. it may be dangerous for the train. the tarin might derail and claim the lives of many passengers. 2. chldren on track A, are nodoubt, kids but they must find some other place to play. there are possibilities that their parents have asked them to avoid that place but they disobeyed their parents. 3. when the driver would be accused of killing children either 2 or 20 he would have a valid reason for killing 20 rather than the two. it would be easy to convince the parents and families of 20 rather than the parents of 2. 4. when lives have to be punished, without any failure, then punish the wrongful even if they are huge in number. innocents have the right to live. 5. finally, when one wrongful act is punished then people learn not to repeat a mistake. if track B is taken once, these children and others would take it lightly and keep using the main track. to stop a wrong one has to learn... even if some have to lose life... well, i wish this is never true... parents please keep an eye on children so that they don't make any such mistake. children learn many things from their freinds, so keep an eye on their friends too. teach them the do's and don't's before they leave the house for playing.

Obviously, i do not want to be in this situation. However, the age and the understanding of children matters here (I know i am being too technical, but hey, its a hard question). For example, it is different when a 5 year old knows he/she is not supposed to do something than when a 10 year old knows the same thing. So let us assume the children are of an age where they are not capable of understanding the gravity of a situation even if they know it. You might think that reasoning would make it easier to decide as it makes the so called 20 'offender' children innocent as well, but its not. For, the other 2 are no different than them and we are nobodies to decide the fate of others. No i am not giving a definite answer.

i will part the engine from the train and then down the engine & will kill myself

Really a Hard question. If I am the Driver there, and If I knew that Track B is not supposed to be used for Travel, I think off the passengers seated in Train. I pray that childrens in Track A must see the train and go away from track completely. Or atleast I will think more than 15 atleast, should have run away from track. Thinking of my passengers, sure I wont let the train travel in Track B. I will hardly run the Train in Track A. Friend, I had crossed many questions like this. here I have little doubt as distance had not been mentioned.So that I can decided whether i can stp the train by braking. Here also not mentioned that, where the childrens are playing. "Before the Train or Behind the Train" Happy Postings! Have a nice time! Sure, I would run the Train in Track A

It is just wake me up from this nightmare. I dont want to see anyone being killed.

This question is not reality therefore deserves no answer. Why can't I choose to blow the horn, yell,or do anything to get them off the train. Also, if I have time to think, why don't I have time to put the brakes on??? That's my choice. I'm going to stop!

Well, dont have much choice do I. Track B. :( I know that children on track B are more innocent than the ones on track A because they might never have seen any train taking that route. And are therefore not that wrong to be playing there. Still, it is a decision as to number of deaths, and least would be preferable. I started a similar discussion about terrorist demanding money for hostages in a plane, and then going on to use the moneys for episodes like September 11.

You said it was a fast train however you did not say it was a passenger train! So.. In the event it was carrying cargo track B In the event it carried passengers track A

I guess the toughest question that I bump to was when I was charged for stealing and I really felt the blood running through my veins even when I really did not stole the item. It was a hard time for me to follow because of pressure and the shame to be charge of stealing even if you did not do it.