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That video makes me feel even sorrier for the poor residents.
I’m probably on one of the clips doing a three point turn after seeing how deep it was.
Unless it ended up being a 10038338 point turn I doubt they bother uploading anyone being sane.
Those 4x4 people really are throbbers. Can see why the locals get upset with muppets just ragging through there.
Surprised the farmer when dredging the rest didnt accidently dig a nice deep pit in that side section.
Isnt there somewhere they can go to actually demonstrate some skill driving as opposed to just a high air intake?
Wonder how many also have jetskis although it is a tad far from the coast.
How are they paying for those Land Rovers if they spend their days driving them through fords, then standing around looking at them and generally making weapons grade prats of themselves?
What a bunch of ****wits.
Damming the river, opening the road after it's been closed and opening sluices.
All for the lolz
*slow clap*
Damming the river, opening the road after it’s been closed and opening sluices.
Crazy, and a possible criminal offence of Obstructing the Highway if the police were minded to do anything about it.
‘Obstruction’ includes anything that prevents passing and re-passing along the highway.
What’s actually up with the landy there? Looks mostly like a bad injector…
Sounds like a bent con-rod to me, having bent one when a head gasket failed - high speed run on a motorway back when it was tollerated no doubt caused a head gasket failure, parked up and the coolant leaked into the cylinder, started the engine and heard a crack, it ran just like that. The piston on the bent rod doesn't rise enough to give enough compression to light the fuel. Taking the head off showed two level pistons and two out of synch.
God, fancy having those idiots outside your house day after day !
Wonder how smart they would feel if you parked an excavator or tractor and trailer on the ford when they were away playing down the river?
Who the hell actually risks driving through anything near door height, never mind 2 foot or more ? Certainly not headlamp level - they aren't that waterroof. It's the water you'll get in the soft furnishings that will kill the car.
My boss once wrote off a big Volvo saloon - drove into a flooded road. Went to collect his stuff a week later after recovery, and the interior was mouldy in addition to the farked engine. On arrival of his replacement BMW 5 series 9company car), I got him a BMW Assist package, mop, bucket and a few rubber ducks. He didn't see the funny side.
This one is why you don't do stupid stuff.
Killed a big Range Rover... and some other stuff because the drivers are fools.
I did think the polo heading that far down the river was a good effort. As was the bmw guy trying to empty the water out of his car
Idle thought, I wonder how many of those cars are otherwise knackered?
Fire service taking preventative measures today..
https://twitter.com/nottsfire/status/1596458926081511425
Remember, it only takes an egg cupful of water sucked into your engine to wreck it.
And they've turned up with gallons of the stuff, the bastards.
How crap must your life be to sit for hours filming vehicles driving through a big puddle
How crap must your life be to sit for hours filming vehicles driving through a big puddle
Very crap. And I feel sorry for the poor residents who have to put up with all this shite.
How crap must your life be to sit for hours filming vehicles driving through a big puddle
With plenty of videos over a million views I reckon their life is much better than before they started filming it...
How crap must your life be
Put into order:
Those who think "I'll try to drive through a river rather than go a minute out of my way, despite the road strewn with broken vehicles and a peanut gallery"
Those who stand braying at the edges, egging them on
Those who spend hours making video channels
Those who watch said videos, laughing at all the idiots
Those who hit a cycling forum taking the piss out of some or all of the above
We live about 30 minutes from Rufford ford. We go to Rufford Abbey a couple of times a year with the kids for a nice walk around. They always enjoy getting to the ford as the cars wazzing through are fun.
The majority of the time it's much lower than in these videos. For info the people who go through fastest, and make the biggest splash, are normally in works vans. They also get the biggest cheer.
Idle thought, I wonder how many of those cars are otherwise knackered?
Just idly checked a couple of them and the silver Disco is now SORN, and several others appear to be no longer registered - some of the older/non-hobby vehicles presumably just aren't worth repairing.
Is all that white vapour smoke or steam?
I meant the ones getting drowned. If I was a cynic I'd say it seems a handy way of getting rid of a lemon.
I haven't had a look at how many Youtube hits they're getting but that alone could pay for the next Landy.
@squirrelking But what's the benefit of drowning it rather than just scrapping?
Insurance payout obviously.
After a quick Google it looks like the insurance companies divide claims for cars being flooded into two categories
Unintentionally driving into flood waters where they will pay out.
Intentional driving into flood water where they do not pay out.
It would be interesting to know what happens in the real world and to those who drive a leased vehicle into flood waters and cause it to be an insurance total loss.
Insurance payout obviously.
Aye, but (without knowing the answer to this) surely the scrap value and the insurance write-off value of a 15yo 206 is going to be about the same?
It would be interesting to know what happens in the real world and to those who drive a leased vehicle into flood waters and cause it to be an insurance total loss.
This.
I also imagine someone wrecking a works truck would be having a chat with neither coffee nor biscuits, especially as I gather diesel engines are much more prone to hydrolock damage.
Ah but is that flood water or a legitimate road?
As for payouts I have no idea tbh. Depends if it's a 15 year old car or a fairly new one already plagued by gremlins I guess.
Well there will likely be video evidence for the insurance co.
Depends if it’s a 15 year old car or a fairly new one already plagued by gremlins I guess.
Still reckon it's a lot of trouble to go to to write something off +/- get stung for recovery charges.
Now look what you've done!
Rufford Ford closed to all traffic. (I tried linking to the BBC article but failed).
As Joats link above.
RUFFORD FORD shut to traffic from today
Why's it called Rufford Ford?
Why’s it called Rufford Ford?
At a guess, because it's a ford and its located in Rufford. 👍
So why not just Rufford?
The village is just called Rufford. There are other places that are named for their fords though, for example Chandlers Ford and Dagenham.
So why not just Rufford?
It’s odd, there is no place called Ruf, but perhaps there was. A bit like Sleaford, there once was a ford over/through the river Slea. I've never been bothered enough to look it up TBH.
Given that it's rather a rough ford perhaps it should be renamed Rufford Rough Ford?
Agreed, needs more credit (the Dagenham joke)…
In the Guardian today https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/jan/07/tiktok-car-fishing-craze-leads-to-closure-of-ancient-rufford-ford
I was filmed riding through a ford maybe 10 miles or so away from Rufford over the Christmas holidays. 3 or 4 cars parked up with about 10 people of varying ages watching and cheering, all good natured but very little to see, the water was quite shallow, I didn't get my feet wet.
Farmer getting a bit miffed.
Jesus he was 'determined' wasn't he?
Were those the closure barriers he 'collected'?
Yep, they are normally blocking the road, but the water was so high they were below the surface
used to live in the area.
The ford was always known to attract dick heads.
Nothing seems to have changed.
As above with Frank.
Area is full of them unfortunately.
I find it weird that the bloke who did most of the YouTube content on this stuff just happened to be there, even though the ford has been closed for ages, when this farmer decided to go all Michael Douglas.
Then, as soon as the barriers had gone, there were a load of fresh numpties straight in ready for some hydrolock action.
Have they too much money and nae brains?
I read he farmer was just pulling the blocks out of the way to stop someone driving into them without warning. Who knows. It's a bit of a coincidence someone was filming just as it happened
Looked quite young. The actual person who owns that tractor might not be too happy with his antics.
I read he farmer was just pulling the blocks out of the way to stop someone driving into them without warning.
For me,there is nothing in the film that suggests he is concerned with public safety.
All I can see is a weapons grade roaster.
Could wuite easily have torn the sidewall of those big rear tyres off with that manouvre.
Bear in mind that could be a 5 grand tyre....Never mind the damage to the trailer wheels which pinged off the corner of the concrete blocks too.
As for the Citroen DS3 driver. Seriously, how moronic do peope have to be. A car is generally the most expensive thing most people own other than their house - the ease and abandonement at which people just go charging in to these floods astounds me - its not like its not ALL over the media, news, internet etc every single year when we get floods. What, if anything, is between their ears!?!
My lesson from this is if there's a bunch of people with cameras standing by the side of a road wondering if I'm going to make it...I'm not and I should just turn around or wait.
The preview photo of that video looks like one of those made up exaggerated clickbait ones.
I read he farmer was just pulling the blocks out of the way to stop someone driving into them without warning. Who knows.
Seriously doubt that - big trailer with a front axle, full of empty potato boxes, wouldn't be the tool of choice for pushing two concrete bollards from a metre deep ford.
Seriously doubt that – big trailer with a front axle, full of empty potato boxes, wouldn’t be the tool of choice for pushing two concrete bollards from a metre deep ford.
I think he probably thought that the big boxy bit on the front would just push them in front of the tractor. Instead he ended up going right over them.
It's a box with a concrete weight inside which is likely removable. He didn't lower it to the ground (you can see the linkage at 1:07 for anyone who's not familiar). Once the front wheels rose up, he must have known what was happening and then took a risk of beaching the tractor, damaging the underside or the steps etc. If the front wheels of the trailer had climbed over, the concrete barriers would then likely be stuck between them and the parking legs of the trailer (2:11), or possibly beached the trailer on the side safety rails.
Were those the closure barriers he ‘collected’?
Custodians of the land. Could you imagine how that weapons-grade bell-end would react if he perceived that a cyclist was holding him up?
I imagine the driver was a contractor who had been hired the day before. He’d probably seen the YT vids of splashy fun and now had any empty road and a big tractor to play in
Bet he still doesn’t get tractor contracting jobs
All tractor contractors are the same. Normally on their phones , skidding to a stop, widening roads because they never can stop for traffic
Tractor driver seems to be an absolute whopper. The Citreon driver - does the guy pushing them out say something about them ignoring his warnings not to try it? I think the last thing in the world I'd be doing is wading into the water to push them back out if that'd happened, I'd be where all those idiots with the cameras are pointing and laughing.
I've watched a few of these Rufford Ford videos in the past and it just shows how moronic large sections of the public are, myself included for watching that garbage!
He snapped off part of the trailer drawbar (the support/shoe that holds it off the ground) and pushed it through the ford, you can briefly see it when he is pushing the blocks at the end.
I don't think it's true that he was intending to move the blocks, just about any farmer would have something with a bucket or forks that is better suited to the job.
YouTube gold though, that video will be raking in views and earning ad revenue for years
He snapped off part of the trailer drawbar (the support/shoe that holds it off the ground) and pushed it through the ford, you can briefly see it when he is pushing the blocks at the end.
Good spot. 1:47 where it was, 2:15 on the floor.
Could you imagine how that weapons-grade bell-end would react if he perceived that a cyclist was holding him up?
A few years ago, I had an altercation with a tractor driver on a single track rural road who reversed his tractor and trailer down the road after me just because I suggested his tractor was too big for him. I truly believed he wanted to kill me and can’t think where I have ever sprinted so hard. It was about 500m to the main road where I knew I might have a witness should anything happen.
As a result of that incident, I’ve learned to give tractors right of way and where ever possible, keep out of their way.
It really annoys me those folk who see something like an icy pavement and think 'time to set up the camera' rather than doing anything to warn people or mitigate the problem.
However this doesn't seem to be one of those times!
The Citreon driver – does the guy pushing them out say something about them ignoring his warnings not to try it?
This was the exchange;
Camera: We were all yelling!
Bloke: You what sorry?
Camera: Everyone was yelling stop stop!
Bloke: They told me not to drive through the f c mate. The moment she comes [to this?] she says don't drive through it, she comes to me like a t**t.
Camera: It made a horrible noise.
Bloke: Yeah it's dead.
Camera: Oh yeah.
Bloke: It's dead.
I think he's talking about the (woman?) in high-vis you can see just as he drives into the ford. I think the suggestion is she startled him, or at the very least he won't take instruction from a woman!
This was the exchange;
Camera: We were all yelling!
Bloke: You what sorry?
Camera: Everyone was yelling stop stop!
Bloke: They told me not to drive through the f c mate. The moment she comes [to this?] she says don’t drive through it, she comes to me like a t**t.
Camera: It made a horrible noise.
Bloke: Yeah it’s dead.
Camera: Oh yeah.
Bloke: It’s dead.
I think he’s talking about the (woman?) in high-vis you can see just as he drives into the ford. I think the suggestion is she startled him, or at the very least he won’t take instruction from a woman
Nah, the woman was driving and it was her he was moaning about. You see her after wafting the water out of the drivers side. He got out the passenger side and the exchange went-
Camera: We were all yelling!
Bloke: You what sorry?
Camera: Everyone was yelling stop stop!
Bloke: I told her not to drive through the f c mate. The moment she comes to it, she guns it like a t**t.
Camera: It made a horrible noise.
Bloke: Yeah it’s dead.
So many written off cars... Stupid waste.
Classic bit of One-life-live it bellendery at 17:30
I can understand the mechanically uninclined not quite getting the risks of engine damage. But how the instructor thought going up to the windows in a big standard hatchback was ever going to work?
and the defender with the snorkel - that’s an awkward conversation with whoever installed it - was it not actually connected?
Some driving instructor don't actually know much about cars or really "get" driving.
and the defender with the snorkel
That's a Suzuki Jimmy and judging by the state of it it had already been through at least once before they tried to be clever and drive under the bridge.
The Defender is much earlier on - 4 minutes or so into the vid
Oops - freelander not defender. But yeah, at ~4.00. Full snorkel, water barely over the headlights and it conks out.
It would be interesting to hear from an insurers perspective, when there is ( potentially) deliberate damage to a vehicle.
That’s a Suzuki Jimmy and judging by the state of it it had already been through at least once before they tried to be clever and drive under the bridge.
That's pure mud. He's been out completely effing ruining some byway into a no go area for anyone else.
One life, live it...