DILEMMA:
You slide into a taxi and discover a wallet on the seat. Do you turn it over to the driver or track down the owner and return it yourself?

DETERMINATION:
Turn it over to the taxi driver. If the driver doesn't personally locate the owner and return the property, he or she will often turn the property in to the taxi company. "Protocol mandates that drivers must try to find the people and return their goods within 24 hours," says Matthew W. Daus, New York City taxi commissioner. "Even if it wasn't a requirement, I'm sure they'd do it. Most drivers are Good Samaritans." In that spirit, New york City cabdrivers have returned $20,000 worth of jewels, Yo-Yo Ma's cello, the original clay figurines of Wallace & Gromit, and $38,400 in life savings (in cash, stuffed in a paper bag). If for some reason you suspect the driver won't return the property (and if contact information for the owner is attached to the lost item), go ahead and track down the owner yourself.