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Boggert:
This happened to me yesterday, had me in stitches!


My self and my colleague were stood in one of my villages. we had arranged to close the road due to the flooding and were waiting for highways. The problem was it was hard to tell what was the road and what was river and all on a corner.
Well highways arrived put up signs and diverts and I stood watching the river rise. The locals lined the bridge with cameras taking snaps. I then hear a vehicle approaching from the other side at speed everyone looked around to see one of the local boy racers heading to the flood at speed!
He drove around the sign and hit the water with a massive splash. he managed to keep to the wrong side of the road where the camber made it a bit more shallow, but as soon as he saw me and the blue lights he hit the brakes, I think we would have made it if he didn't panic... the crowd gave a big cheer as his 53 plate saxo came to a halt in 2 feet of water! :lol:  and even a bigger cheer as his girlfriend got out yelling at him!
To be honest it made my day and my self and the chair of the parish council were in stitches!

I saw the lad this morning, he recovered his car late last night and its a gonner... And I don't think the insurance company will pay out as it was his fault. He also got a Section 59 from me for failing to stop and driving like a numpty!

On a serious note it amazing how many foke just don't bother to stop!
I spoke to 3 car loads who are all respectable foke who just felt the didn't need to stop.
 :shock:

Keri:
To be quite honest, iv never understood what harm driving down a flooded road is doing to anyone apart from the person driving in it?

Surly road closed should be there to act as a warning that obviously this road is closed for one reason or another, if someone chooses to ignore and hurts themself well thats their own fault isnt it?

Range Rover Blues:
Coming back through Renishaw a couple of weeks ago the road past the golf course was closed due to flooding.  Quite obvioulsy everyone else had the same idea as me, this road is a long way off my normal route but I thought I'd have a look and chance it, the LSE can paddle a bit after all.

Well the road was chocka, no-one had taken any notice of the sign and the 'puddle' was occupied by drowned cars.  I have little sympathy TBH.

What's annoying is the first time I feel really vindicated in driving a 4x4 and I can't get anywhere for the idiots who insist on atempting the impossible.

 Nuggets.

Lord Shagg-Pyle:
Unfortunately it is the same old story. There will always be those who think they know best. The roads are closed for a reason, namely they are blocked or obstucted.
I had to deal with a fatal RTA that involved blocking the road off. A group of cyclists decided that they had the right to do what they wanted and began to try and quote the law at me, threaten me with complaints, telling me that I had no authority etc etc.
I responded with the usual response "fatal accident, blah blah, not very nice, blah blah, scene preservation, blah blah", but they did not want to listen.
So I lost the plot a little bit and took them through. They then started to honk and puke, while I stood back and said "I told you so, but you wouldn't believe me, now F**k off!!!!!"

Not very professional I know, but I had had enough by then.

Boggert:

--- Quote from: "Keri" ---To be quite honest, iv never understood what harm driving down a flooded road is doing to anyone apart from the person driving in it?

Surly road closed should be there to act as a warning that obviously this road is closed for one reason or another, if someone chooses to ignore and hurts themself well thats their own fault isnt it?
--- End quote ---


Agreed, but when you get stuck, you are putting Police, fire and ambulance crews at risk when they try and save your backside.

Also when driving a flooded road, you cannot see what is under the water! the road could have started to break up and you could be heading for a large pot hole. If its a few inched no problem, but drive with caution. The other thing some times its hard to see where the verge, ditch or road is.

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