Can you solve the chaos at the crossroads? Only drivers with a high IQ can work out which car to remove to clear the jam
DRIVERS have been challenged to solve the crossroad chaos in a new optical illusion.
Only motorists with a high IQ can work out which of the seven cars in the image below to remove in order to get the traffic flowing again.
The animated image, posted on X, sparked a fierce debate among social media users.
It shows a series of multi-coloured cars numbered from one to seven locked in a four-way pile-up at a junction.
The caption read: “Seven cars have met at an intersection and a traffic jam has been created.
“If one car was removed from the image, the rest of them would be free to move their way.
“Which car would you remove?”
Commenters were quick to share their opinions but couldn’t all agree on a single answer.
Some suggested that removing car number two could ease the congestion.
But that would result in a T-bone crash with car number one.
Likewise, others confidently claimed that number six was the problem, but in its absence cars three and seven would collide.
However, the top drivers set themselves apart by picking out number three as the problematic motor.
The best explanation was given by one user, who wrote: “If you notice how the red car is the only one to be driving from the left of the picture, then you might realise that moving it would solve the issue.
“It would allow cars 1 and 2 to drive straight through.”
“As a result, cars 4 and 5 can continue with their journeys, before 6 and 7 are the last to leave the intersection.”
Number three is also the only car not to have another one stacked up behind it, removing the risk of a side-on crash.
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