The splashes Which are formed by a car running in a puddle are given little attention despite their habitual damage to pedestrians. A simple physical model is constructed on the basis of knowledge from experimental studies which were conducted to explore the phenomenon. Although the phenome-non is highly nonlinear, the main feature can be described in terms of elementary dynamics because of its dominant conservative nature. The maximum flight distance of the splashes is independent of the depth of the water layer, while it increases with car speed.