Traffic Jam
slide the cars · free the red car

Play Traffic Jam

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Drag a vehicle to slide it

How to play Traffic Jam

A crowded car park, and the red car needs to get out. Cars take two squares and trucks three; each one can only slide forwards or backwards along the way it is facing.

The puzzle is in the chain of blockages: the red car is stuck behind a truck, the truck can only move down, and a car is parked right below it. Unpicking the jam means working backwards from the red car to the vehicle that can move first.

Every puzzle is made by searching all the positions the vehicles can reach, so the fewest-moves count shown is exact.

How to play Traffic Jam

Slide cars and trucks along their own lanes until the red car can drive out of the car park.

The rules

  1. Cars are two squares long, trucks three.
  2. A vehicle slides forwards or backwards in the direction it faces. It can’t turn or pass through others.
  3. Sliding one vehicle any distance counts as one move.
  4. The puzzle is solved when the red car reaches the exit on the right.

Playing here

  1. Choose a level and press New Puzzle.
  2. Drag a car or truck forwards or backwards along its own direction. It can’t turn or jump over anything.
  3. Get the red car out through the gap on the right. Any slide, however far, is one move.
  4. Hint names the vehicle blocking the way and the best next slide.

Tips

The full guide, with a worked example and common mistakes: How to play Traffic Jam.

Questions

Does a long slide count as more moves?

No — one vehicle sliding any distance is one move.

Can a car leave the car park?

Only the red car, through the gap on the right.

How is the fewest number of moves found?

Every reachable position is searched, so the count is exact.

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