Psychological 'sports car test' shows your true personality when solving dilemma

A psychological test, dubbed the "sports car riddle", claims to reveal what kind of person you are, all with one simple question - but what would you do if you were behind the wheel?

A psychological test promises to reveal your true personality using a brainteaser that prompts you to reassess what matters to you.

To ensure the test is effective, participants are advised to clear their thoughts and trust their initial reaction, as this is often considered the most authentic response.

A user shared the intriguing puzzle on Reddit, asking others to picture a tense scenario: imagine driving home in a sports car during an intense stormy night. As you navigate the deserted roads, you arrive at a bus stop where you find four individuals in dire need of a ride.

Given the next bus won’t be arriving until morning and your sports car can only accommodate three passengers, the rules are strict – no squeezing extra people in, for instance, a child cannot sit on someone’s lap. The dilemma is posed in the test description: "You stop your car and meet the four people: A pregnant woman who started to have excruciating pain and looks like she's on the verge of giving birth. She's pleading to be sent to any hospital or at least be helped while going into labour.

"A young child crying and screaming because he/she wandered away from his/her parents and home. The child doesn't know where his/her address is but knows the full name of his/her parents. He/she just wants to go back to his/her parents/home.

"A surgeon doctor with his briefcase that contains his medical tools. He needs to go to his hospital as soon as possible in order to perform a very critical surgery. The fourth person is someone who just wants to go home, but it happens that you already have known and met this person before. To you, that person is a very dear and close friend/love of your life/desired future spouse.

"It's been a very long time since you both seen each other. You've always wanted to meet this person again to reconnect and rebuild your relationship with him/her, and you can't find a better opportunity to do that, because if you don't take do it, chances are that you may not have that opportunity again.

Adding to the complications, you do not have a mobile phone so you cannot call anybody else for help, and there are no houses nearby to ask to use their landline. It adds: "There's no one else on the road to help them but you. The bus stop is located away from any public facilities (hospitals, police stations) and houses, so no one can take it for a walk, especially in this kind of time and weather.

"What do you do in that kind of situation? How will you give your help and prioritise it for those people? Which one will you choose to be the first person to be helped? You have to think very quickly to come up with a solution for this predicament."

Take a moment to ponder how you'd react in this scenario before the solution is unveiled. The post goes on to explain: "This riddle also happens to be a personality test. Depending on who you choose first or the only one to help, it tells you what is your priority in your life. The pregnant lady represents health, the doctor represents career, the lost child represents fatherhood/motherhood/family life and of course, the significant other represents love/friendship/marriage/any intimate relationship.

"Through this riddle/personality test, one would see how to react in a matter of life and death situation and what will be his/her priorities, or maybe how smart enough can one be to come up with a compromising solution that allows you to keep everything without the need to sacrifice one thing for something else.

One user shared their approach to the riddle, saying: "Assuming the fourth person is my dream girl: I would lend the sports car to the surgeon, and the pregnant woman goes along. Brownie points. I would stay at the bus stop with the dream girl and wait for the next bus, so we could take the lost child home. Extra brownie points. Track down the hospital, and get my sports car."

Another user chimed in: "Assuming I'm allowed to come back afterward - I'd take the pregnant lady first. Without medical help, both her and her child/children are in danger. I'd then go back for the surgeon as quickly as I could and get him to his surgery.

"I'd then go back for the child since I can't leave him/her alone, and take him either home or to a police station. Finally, I'd get my friend. I don't think they'd be mad because anyone would be mad at me in a life/death situation like that I doubt I'd associate with. If I can't get back in time, I'd still take the pregnant woman, since I'd be trying to save at least two lives."

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