As soon as the trolley’s forward wheels pass the switch lever you throw the switch so that the rear wheels go on the other track. Since the wheel trucks can’t swivel 90 degrees, the trolley derails gracefully, saving all lives.
Choosing the tracks with more people on it is not nearly as evil as simply killing everyone on either set of tracks yourself, before the train gets there.
Tolookah@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
Trolley drift
gmtom@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It derails killing the dozen or so passengers on the trolley instead.
DakRalter@thelemmy.club 5 hours ago
What if all the passengers were billionaires?
grue@lemmy.world 1 day ago
This is 100% the response OP was fishing for.
grahamja@reddthat.com 1 day ago
One of the oldest memes I know, and the first thought I had after reading OP’s post. A great way to maximize the horror and ruin OP’s plan.
Wild_Mastic@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Only correct answer to op