Sunday, Oct 09, 2016 at 01:04
Yeh that is a typical over simplistic statement.
Many rural properties and even country towns, have their only access thru water courses, those water courses can be "in flood" for many months at a time.
There are many public road accesses that have water over them permanently or the majority of the year
Some country people would go nowhere and get nothing done for months if they did not drive thru water.
This is why many country roads, bridges and causeways have depth markers.
There are some low plains areas where there will be 4, 6, 8 and 10 inches of water across the road for Km after Km and for weeks at a time. The only way anybody gets around in those areas is to drive thru water.
The simplistic "if its flooded forget it" simply does not work in many rural areas, in particular in the far north.
There is always a point where a judgment call has to be made.
Some relatives of mine did a trip
Brisbane to
Darwin, by the inland route, when the rains came. ... they had to go work deadlines in
Darwin
They checked road conditions with the
police, every town the passed thru ....... some sections had 6 inches of water over the road for 20Km ........ the
police said it was safe to travel in high clearance vehicles.
Every time there is a big rain, the road goes under at
Rockhampton ...... and it stays under for many days ....... invariably the
police and department of transport open the road for high clearance vehicles while there is still water over the road.
Someone makes a judgement call.
cheers
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