Why you shouldn't cross flooded roads.
Submitted: Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:53
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Member - Mark G Gulmarrad
the title and video say it all.
Reply By: ModSquad - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:58
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:58
Heading fixed Mark G, no charge, unless you DID mean why you SHOULD cross flooded roads
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Follow Up By: Member - Mark G Gulmarrad - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:04
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:04
bugga :-(
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Reply By: Member - Old Girl (QLD) - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:13
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:13
Good find. Now authorities should use this in a national road safety campaign against driving through flooded roads.
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Reply By: Tonyfish#58 - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:27
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:27
That's a good reason not to cross that flooded road :-)
But not all flooded roads do that. A responsible person will
check before they cross - obviously that is what happened and why the road was closed by a barrier and a car :-)
Having crossed flooded roads for years using caution - I see no issue...
That is until you watch the TV and the idiots who do not take a look or
check before they do get washed off a causeway.
Each to there own and I would not like to be told I can not make my own decision - but lets face it that is the way it is going, you have to protect the idiots.
Cheers Tony
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Reply By: Dave(NSW) - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:34
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:34
Should have walked it first.
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Cheers Dave
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Follow Up By: Tonyfish#58 - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:41
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:41
Just a point from experience - You may have actually been able to walk that crossing first prior to the truck attempting it, the culvert may have been compromised under, but the pavement still holding.
This is one of the tricks you must use when assessing the safety of the crossing. If it is a piped crossing you have to look at the way the water is behaving on the inlet and outlet. Once a culvert has been compromised you will see evidence of erosion at one of these points.
Anyway bummer for him :-) I saw this posted back a while ago -
Cheers Tony
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Reply By: Member - Julie P (VIC) - Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 14:23
Wednesday, Jan 26, 2011 at 14:23
Someone just sent me this vid - absolutely amazing the power of water - should teach us all a lesson.
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