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 Dec 7 2012, 12:10 AM
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QUOTE (Strafin @ Dec 6 2012, 07:35 PM)  There is a lot of blaming going on here. You should legitimately be able ot get a Touran through a Ford, if you can't perhaps it should be re-classified and not be a ford anymore? These people may be stupid, but also maybe they aren't. Maybe they weren't following a Sat Nav either. You can't reclassify a Touran it's a Volkswagon, not a Ford.  Fords are fordable when the depth of water is low enough to allow it - the level that makes it fordable depends on the mode of transport. A horse can get through deeper water than a bicycle, a bicycle than a Touran (as demonstrated by dannyboy). Which is why fords have depth indicators. If you drive into a ford without reading the depth gauge - you're a fool. If it reads 2ft and you drive your Touran into it - you're a fool. If you cycle through 2ft of water when there is a perfectly good footbridge you could use - you're keen to get wet. |
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Dec 7 2012, 12:36 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 6,056 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Bouvetøya Member No.: 51 |
QUOTE (blackdog @ Dec 7 2012, 12:10 AM) If you cycle through 2ft of water when there is a perfectly good footbridge you could use - you're keen to get wet. too right!! bucklebury common is great at this time of year too.... |
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Dec 20 2012, 02:07 AM
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Un-believable! Another poor (and ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at crossing Bucklebury ford has been made. This time in a van of some description (not given on the website) when the depth gauge showed 2ft of water.
Four fire crews (20 firefighters in total) to rescue an idiot. God help us.... |
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Dec 20 2012, 08:14 AM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 3,933 Joined: 14-May 09 From: Newbury Member No.: 55 |
20??? I don't think its just the guy in the van that's the idiot!
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Dec 20 2012, 11:23 AM
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QUOTE (spartacus @ Dec 20 2012, 04:07 AM) Un-believable! Another poor (and ultimately unsuccessful) attempt at crossing Bucklebury ford has been made. This time in a van of some description (not given on the website) when the depth gauge showed 2ft of water. Four fire crews (20 firefighters in total) to rescue an idiot. God help us.... Ahhh, but perhaps the signs are not illuminated, or perhaps not clear enough. They could have been a stranger to the area and not understood what "Ford" meant. WBC's fault again I'm afraid!! Perhaps they could install cameras and fine for attempting to cross a deep ford! 
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Dec 20 2012, 12:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 865 Joined: 8-December 11 From: Not Here anymore! Member No.: 8,392 |
QUOTE (Biker1 @ Dec 20 2012, 11:23 AM) Ahhh, but perhaps the signs are not illuminated, or perhaps not clear enough. They could have been a stranger to the area and not understood what "Ford" meant. WBC's fault again I'm afraid!! Perhaps they could install cameras and fine for attempting to cross a deep ford! Or perhaps he read "Ford" and assumed it was where he was supposed to go in his Transit? So many decisions, so much thinking to do! Oh well, never mind, brain out and pedal to the metal. |
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Dec 20 2012, 03:36 PM
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Tempted? Anyone?
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Dec 20 2012, 05:10 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 1,690 Joined: 16-July 11 Member No.: 6,171 |
Cripes .I know I am bonkers. But that snap of the water would have given me 2nd thoughts.
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Jan 16 2013, 08:49 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 09 Member No.: 221 |
A car got stuck in the Bucklebury ford again today requiring the emergency services to attend,. And apparently there was a white van man stuck in the ford just before Christmas (NOT including the one that happened on 20 Dec!!)
Just what are these people thinking? Do they pay the NWN not to print the article to save the embarrassment of letting their neighbours know they are idiots? (I didn't see anything about the white van man but I know it happened and nothing has appeared yet about today's escapade...) |
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