[Spridgets] Crossing a ford

[Rick Fisk]

Forrest Gump was right.

> On Jan 3, 2022, at 11:38 AM, Ron Corry via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
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> Thank you, Daniel, that is certainly entertaining and sad at the same time in that so many drivers do not have a clue.
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> Thanks for sharing.
> 
> Ron.
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>> On Mon, 3 Jan 2022 at 14:34, Weslake1330 via Spridgets <spridgets at autox.team.net> wrote:
>> Hi List,
>> 
>> Happy New Year
>> 
>> Don't know if you have fords in the USA or elsewhere in the world.  Here in the UK there are places where a small stream or brook crosses the road and for reasons most likely lost in antiquity, no bridge over or under was found necessary.
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>> After a lot of wet weather a ford may be impassable to anyone with a regular car and regular amount of common sense.  At other times when the ford isn't in flood but an idiot in a regular car drives through it leads to a problem!  And, when the ford is in flood and an idiot drives through it becomes entertainment.
>> 
>> I forget what the UK Highway Code says about driving through a ford (except you check your brakes by lightly applying them after safely passing through it).  The last time I drove through a ford I was on holiday in a rental car and took a detour to give my kids an interesting experience (never filmed it).  I got out of the car checked the depth (between 4 and 8 inches from memory) and drove through, very slowly.
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>> Here's a clip of what is now a famous ford in England that his its own Channel.
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>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3vIQgBHdA
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>> Regards
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>> 
>> Daniel
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