Travel
An Impossible Overtake
Level 1 · Easy
A man drives on a motorway at seventy kilometres an hour. Within seconds, three cars travelling at eighty approach in front, pass beside him and are behind him. Police stop only him.
- Choose a narrator: they read the answer privately and hide it.
- Read the premise aloud. Answers: yes, no or irrelevant.
- When the game ends, mark the puzzle as played.
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The answer
He was driving the wrong way. The three cars were travelling legally in the opposite direction. He had not overtaken them; he had passed them head-on. Their position changed from ahead to behind without him being faster.