FILE No.2Unsolved
On a night after rain, I stopped at a red light on my way home. Glancing over, I saw that the car stopped slightly behind in the right lane had no headlights on. The street lamps and shop signs were bright, so the driver didn’t seem to notice.
There was no time to get out and tell them. The pedestrian light was already flashing green. I hoped the car right behind me would do something, but it showed no sign of moving. So I tried something on the spur of the moment. In the few seconds before the light changed, that car’s lights came on, and I drove off, relieved.
Which of the following did I try?
If you get stuck, open the hints one at a time, in order.
You are telling only one car, but what moves is “everything around.”
What the other driver hasn’t noticed is that their own lights are off.
What if a world where lights are on suddenly looked different?
Which of the following did I try?
Choose the answer closest to the truth.
I turned off my own headlights
The answer is: I turned off my own headlights.
When the lights of a car near the front go out, the cars around it follow and turn theirs off as well, and the intersection suddenly gets dark. Then the driver who had not turned the lights on feels “darker than usual” and checks the switch. Even if you cannot tell someone directly, you can change the surroundings so they notice.
Because the goal is “to tell them,” you imagine sounds and signals. Changing the surroundings themselves is hard to think of as an option.
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