More than half of unintentional flood-related drowning deaths in Australia are due to driving through floodwater. Currently, there is a critical knowledge gap in understanding why individuals choose to drive through floodwater and the decisions that may lead to such actions. This study is the first to explore drivers’ descriptions of the influences on their decision to drive through a road covered in water. Through inductive analyses of interviews in which drivers provided rich in-depth descriptions of their lived experience, the current study was able to isolate a range of commonly occurring themes which will be instrumental in planning future research and interventions aimed at reducing the prevalence of this risky behaviour.