Thread: BBC: Land Rover driven through floods - Irresponsible

I wonder if he walked through first to make sure the road still existed below the flooding?

Guess I'd have to agree with them... wasn't all that long ago when a chap near Newcastle was driving home with his family along a road he knew ...covered in water, not deep. Problem was that water was flowing across the road and had carved a 6 ft deep rut unseen from above. The car plunged into the "invisible" rut ...he and his family were all swept away and drowned... I won't drive through flooded roads (anymore)

Now that's a water crossing. Here's the vid.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc3BC-6Wp38]Ross's Defender Wading Welney 27-11-12 - YouTube[/ame]

BBC probably drives toyotas.
If that's irresponsible, then most of the water crossings i've done or seen done be veteran drivers who tick all the boxes are pretty irresponsible.
Would I have done it?
No.
Would I have done it if I had extended diff breathers?
You bet I would
Seriously though.
Looks like they're just covering their arse, a public "do not do this" type message so they can't be accused of saying it's okay.

Wow. That is quite impressive.

A few questions:
1) What brand snorkel? clearly it worked
2) Would a tarp over the bonnet have helped or not made a difference?
3) What would you do immediately on getting out of the water to check everything was OK with the car?

Smart?
At least one vehicle traveling the other way, perhaps he'd seen others come through. Didn't look like the water was flowing all that fast, and he'd been washed away he'd have hung up on the trees beside the road.

Foolish?
Very, Very deep. Nowhere to go if the vehicle stalled. No chance to turn round and go back.

the police need to harden up, that looks heaps fun, he obviously knew the road like the back of his hand and he obviously had a snorkel!! thats just a commited land rover owner, i'd be right behind him in my disco if i still lived in England!!

Originally Posted by SeanyG

the police need to harden up, that looks heaps fun, he obviously knew the road like the back of his hand and he obviously had a snorkel!! thats just a commited land rover owner, i'd be right behind him in my disco if i still lived in England!!

"What, I thought it was just a car wash officer I swear!"

The way I see it:
It's slow riverine flooding as opposed to 'flash' flooding.
It's not fast flowing water, so the chances of roads being washed away is fairly low.
If it all turned to crap, he would end up with a waterlogged landie, and himself wet and probably cold.

Would I have done it ? Probably not but then I don't know the alternatives, or how long the water was going to hang around.


Martyn