Reactive role makes you quick on the draw

THE riddle why the likes of John Wayne and Clint Eastwood never lost a gunfight even when the other man drew first has finally been solved.

Now scientists have found that what is true for Hollywood gunslingers might also help the rest of us cope with day-to-day dangers such as crossing the road.

People move faster when they react to something than when they initiate an action themselves, a study shows.