# AI advises driving away from a tsunami in a car (traffic jam and slow escape risk, structural vulnerability)

- **ID:** `disaster/tsunami-car-escape-myth`
- **Domain:** disaster
- **Category:** life_threatening
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

Cars are slow in traffic, easily trapped in congestion, and vulnerable to being swept away or crushed by debris and water, making driving a poor escape method compared to immediate vertical evacuation on foot.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| N/A | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **Immediately evacuate on foot to high ground or a vertical evacuation structure (at least 30 meters above sea level). Do not use a car.** (90% success)
   ```
   Immediately evacuate on foot to high ground or a vertical evacuation structure (at least 30 meters above sea level). Do not use a car.
   ```
2. **If in a car and tsunami warning is issued, abandon the vehicle and run inland or uphill. Use command: `echo 'abandon car' | tsunamicmd --evacuate`** (85% success)
   ```
   If in a car and tsunami warning is issued, abandon the vehicle and run inland or uphill. Use command: `echo 'abandon car' | tsunamicmd --evacuate`
   ```
3. **Plan multiple evacuation routes on foot and practice them regularly.** (80% success)
   ```
   Plan multiple evacuation routes on foot and practice them regularly.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Driving toward higher ground but getting stuck in traffic jams with no escape route (90% fail)
- **** — Trying to outrun the wave on coastal roads, which are often low-lying and flooded (95% fail)
- **** — Parking the car on a bridge or overpass, which may collapse (80% fail)