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.

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.

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.

> (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).

> 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?