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62 Lesson 4
What is the Best Action?
Possible Actions to Solve Dilemma
1. Because you know that getting to a safe
3. The family stranded ahead of you is worried
area quickly is of great importance, you
as it begins to sprinkle. You offer to call a
decide to drive around the disabled car in
tow truck for them and also to wait until
front of you and the barricade to chance the
help arrives. Once the vehicle is repaired,
water.
you take a different route to safety, which
does not have water running across it. You
understand that this action may prevent
both families from reaching the safe place
quickly.
Lesson 4
2. You feel it is important to make sure the
road does not have any unknowns under
the water. Therefore, you have two adults
walk through the water ahead of your
vehicle to test for potholes, or other
hazards. The rest of the family and the pets
will drive with you through the water and
hope for the best.
4. Even though you don’t want to, you make
the decision to turn around and take a different route. Time is of the essence. It’s
every family for themselves!
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