[Spridgets] Crossing a ford

[Weslake1330]

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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