Driving through water / deep puddles with Mach-E ?

[Logal727]

I love these Rufford videos - the things people try in their cars!

It’s like a modern day Oregon trail

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[Logal727]

I love these Rufford videos - the things people try in their cars!

I’m confused. Is no one warning these people? They just stand around and wait for people to ruin their cars?

 

[Scooby24]

OK, I'm not saying this is deep

lol...bro.

 

[cdiv]

I’m confused. Is no one warning these people? They just stand around and wait for people to ruin their cars?

If the signs, depth gauge, and the existence of an audience aren't sufficient warning, I don't think some random person shouting is going to change matters.

 

[Trick.Mach-E]

Omg look at it go! Didn’t even hesitate! Must be a British thing.

That particular day the water level was not that deep. Let's see the Mach-E do it when the depth is twice that level!

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

I’m confused. Is no one warning these people? They just stand around and wait for people to ruin their cars?

As mentioned there is a depth gauge at the deepest point of the crossing clearly showing how deep the water is, there are numerous road signs warning of the river/road crossing before you get anywhere near it, and there are Road Closed signs that get flipped into action when the water gets over a certain level….. but there are still people who try to drive through it when they shouldn’t.

It’s become a bizarre tourist attraction because of it. There are also people with modified vehicles who like to show off by driving through at great speed soaking all the people watching from the footbridge.

Welcome to England my friend

 

[timbop]

As mentioned there is a depth gauge at the deepest point of the crossing clearly showing how deep the water is, there are numerous road signs warning of the river/road crossing before you get anywhere near it, and there are Road Closed signs that get flipped into action when the water gets over a certain level….. but there are still people who try to drive through it when they shouldn’t.

It’s become a bizarre tourist attraction because of it. There are also people with modified vehicles who like to show off by driving through at great speed soaking all the people watching from the footbridge.

Welcome to England my friend

I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack, so I'm confused. There's a footbridge that is high enough for people to walk across. Wouldn't it make sense to also build a car bridge at the same height?

 

[Wonky_Donkey]

I'm not the brightest bulb in the pack, so I'm confused. There's a footbridge that is high enough for people to walk across. Wouldn't it make sense to also build a car bridge at the same height?

Well yeah - that would be the logical solution

These unbridged Fords are quite common on countryside back roads in the UK. They’re just really really really old roads.

In most cases there is a modern road that will bridge the river somewhere nearby, but the old roads still exist because in normal weather conditions the stream across the road will be just a trickle. Only when it floods does it become a problem.

Here’s a pic of Rufford in normal conditions…

 

[timbop]

Well yeah - that would be the logical solution

These unbridged Fords are quite common on countryside back roads in the UK. They’re just really really really old roads.

In most cases there is a modern road that will bridge the river somewhere nearby, but the old roads still exist because in normal weather conditions the stream across the road will be just a trickle. Only when it floods does it become a problem.

Here’s a pic of Rufford in normal conditions…

Frankly, that makes me even more confused!

If the water flows all the time, that means they had to pour hydraulic concrete in the water, divert the tributary to put the road in, or use pre-cast slabs. It seems like making an actual bridge would have been easier and cheaper - especially since being submerged all the time has to cause issues for the roadbed.

 

[byoungblood]

There are still a few low water bridges across the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers, and a few small streams around where I live in NW Va. They get closed when completely covered with water, but it isn't unusual for some of the shorter crossings to remain open when there is only a small amount of water over them. I've driven over some in other states where the roadway is almost always covered in flowing water.

I'd have no qualms driving across any of them in my Mach E.

 

[Motomax]

I love these Rufford videos - the things people try in their cars!

Lmao at the blue 4x4 that said screw it I’ll just drive down the river .
the Nissan truck and Land Rover near the end did it properly though. Create a wake and stay behind it.

 

[PrimeFuture]

Have seen other users post that driving fast through deep puddles ripped the "felt like" under carriage covering of the MME. This note in the manual probably relates to that.

I drove through a pretty deep puddle and the felt on the bottom of my Mach-E was definitely ripped. Had to buy new plastic push-ins to reattach what was left. I hate that Ford put felt, a water absorbant material, on the bottom of a CAR!

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