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Commander Kinsey December 8th 19 07:03 PM

River!
 
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.

Simon Mason[_6_] December 8th 19 08:36 PM

River!
 
On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 7:03:49 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.


You should have walked through it first.

Peeler[_4_] December 8th 19 08:38 PM

Troll-feeding Senile IDIOT Alert!
 
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 12:36:01 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason, a typical, braindead,
troll-feeding senile idiot blathered:


You should have walked through it first.


Like you walked in the attention-starved troll's latest trap, troll-feeding
senile idiot?


Commander Kinsey December 8th 19 09:01 PM

River!
 
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:36:01 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 7:03:49 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.


You should have walked through it first.


Since a nearby road always has "road closed" when it's deep, on a permanent fold down sign, I assumed others would too. Somebody told me they do usually put up a temporary sign, I guess his time they forgot.

There's something wrong with car design when a person could wade through deeper water than a car. In fact pretty much everything made by humans can't handle water.

Peeler[_4_] December 8th 19 09:06 PM

Troll-feeding Senile ASSHOLE Alert!
 
On Sun, 8 Dec 2019 13:48:16 -0800 (PST), Simon Mason, another mentally
deficient, troll-feeding senile idiot, blathered:


I came upon a ford on the North Yorkshire Moors, got out of the car and
with a long stick, tested the water. Since it was only six inches deep,
it was safe to drive across.


Good that you found a retarded troll who you could tell about it, eh, senile
asshole? BG

Simon Mason[_6_] December 8th 19 09:48 PM

River!
 
On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 9:01:50 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:36:01 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 7:03:49 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.


You should have walked through it first.


Since a nearby road always has "road closed" when it's deep, on a permanent fold down sign, I assumed others would too. Somebody told me they do usually put up a temporary sign, I guess his time they forgot.

There's something wrong with car design when a person could wade through deeper water than a car. In fact pretty much everything made by humans can't handle water.


I came upon a ford on the North Yorkshire Moors, got out of the car and with a long stick, tested the water. Since it was only six inches deep, it was safe to drive across.

Commander Kinsey December 8th 19 10:03 PM

River!
 
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:48:16 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 9:01:50 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:36:01 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 7:03:49 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.

You should have walked through it first.


Since a nearby road always has "road closed" when it's deep, on a permanent fold down sign, I assumed others would too. Somebody told me they do usually put up a temporary sign, I guess his time they forgot.

There's something wrong with car design when a person could wade through deeper water than a car. In fact pretty much everything made by humans can't handle water.


I came upon a ford on the North Yorkshire Moors, got out of the car and with a long stick, tested the water. Since it was only six inches deep, it was safe to drive across.


I incorrectly assumed it couldn't be that deep because:
1) I thought the road was quite flat there.
2) There was no warning sign like the neighbouring floodable road.
3) I'd just passed someone coming the other way. Perhaps they'd turned back! They could have told me!

If I was in charge of the roads there, I'd put some kind of depth guage at the deepest part. And no, not, "This road is impassable if this sign is underwater"!

Commander Kinsey December 10th 19 03:57 PM

River!
 
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 21:48:16 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 9:01:50 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
On Sun, 08 Dec 2019 20:36:01 -0000, Simon Mason wrote:

On Sunday, December 8, 2019 at 7:03:49 PM UTC, Commander Kinsey wrote:
Whoops. I accidentally drove through a 3 foot deep river which had flooded across the road. It didn't look that deep! It only came halfway up the ducks! I managed to make a bowwave and followed it, then flagged down a van going the other way and said, "I wouldn't if I were you".

Cars are so wimpy, I could have cycled through that easily.

You should have walked through it first.


Since a nearby road always has "road closed" when it's deep, on a permanent fold down sign, I assumed others would too. Somebody told me they do usually put up a temporary sign, I guess his time they forgot.

There's something wrong with car design when a person could wade through deeper water than a car. In fact pretty much everything made by humans can't handle water.


I came upon a ford on the North Yorkshire Moors, got out of the car and with a long stick, tested the water. Since it was only six inches deep, it was safe to drive across.


A friend told me electric cars die in anything over 3 inches of water (according to a manual he read on one). I thought that would be absurd, to have a 3 inch limit as people must encounter puddles deeper than that every day, so I looked it up. According to this video of a Renault (worst company for anything electrical) Zoe, they're BETTER than petrol cars for surviving water. For example the 400 volt battery is sealed for safety to stop it electrocuting fish, dogs, people if they wade through water next to it. https://youtu.be/ixXF72HFr5U


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