[Spridgets] Crossing a ford

[HealeyRick]

I crossed a Ford with a Healey

See picture below:

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On Mon, Jan 3, 2022 at 9:34 AM 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Here's a clip of what is now a famous ford in England that his its own
> Channel.
>
> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bm3vIQgBHdA
>
> Regards
>
>
> Daniel
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