Adira is driving to work when she sees a car fire at the side of a busy highway. She considers stopping, but then thinks that in the age of cell phones, and with so many cars passing by, someone must already have called the police. She passes the fire by. The next day, she sees an article in the newspaper about the person who had the car fire. He says, he was astonished that nobody stopped to try to help him. The reaction Adira and the other drivers had produced was a

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This scenario demonstrates the diffusion of responsibility, where individuals assume that someone else will take action in an emergency situation, leading to a lack of action by any one person. Adira assumed that with so many other drivers on the highway, someone else must have already called for help.

Adira Is Driving to Work When She Sees a Car