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Comment by dublinben | Hacker News Reader

How many drivers of $150k cars die after driving into floodwaters? It costs nothing to turn around and not drive through a flood.

https://www.weather.gov/safety/flood-turn-around-dont-drown

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Arizona has a "Stupid Motorist Law" (ARS 28-910) because there are so many idiots who think they can make it across a flooded road and don't.

> (In USA) "over half of all flood-related drownings occur when a vehicle is driven into hazardous flood water."

In this context, the advice "Turn Around Don't Drown®" seems correct.

Though perhaps the BYD solution could be more effective for dumb drivers (which, according to CDC, seem abundant).

There was a bizarre case where a drunk Texan drove her Tesla into a pond, got trapped inside, and drowned.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68622898

Is it gonna be one of those things where increased safety encourages dumb people because "it is watertight you know" so now a lot more people drive into the floods, and even though it's a smaller proportion more people in total drown.

> It costs nothing to turn around and not drive through a flood.

Sometimes it may be the least bad option, floods can get pretty wild and extensive. Maybe someone travels around in deltas commonly and like the extra safety?

Yeah but Musk tweets that his cars "will briefly serve as a boat" and then all the clout chasers film themselves KO'ing their Cybertrucks in streams and salty beaches.

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