Which bit of 'ROAD CLOSED' don't you get?
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Keith Oates
Janner
- Location
- Penarth, Wales
It's closed to others but not to me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A few 4x4s made it, mainly by driving as fast as they could and making the biggest wave possible. Compensating for something as usual
A few 4x4s made it, mainly by driving as fast as they could and making the biggest wave possible. Compensating for something as usual
Certainly compensating for a lack of skill. Engine revs up, bow wave down, steady as she goes.
Creating a bow wave is a good way of getting through deep water, you ride the shallower stuff behind it. Needs a steady speed and a brave heart, though.
High revs is a good thing as the lowest part of an engine's breathing system is usually the exhaust exit, and higher engine speeds will keep the water out.
High revs is a good thing as the lowest part of an engine's breathing system is usually the exhaust exit, and higher engine speeds will keep the water out.
The bow wave is what usually leads to engines being inundated and stopping due to the electricals being flooded or water sucked into the air intake. Best to keep the speed down. Worst case can cost you a new engine if you flood it through the air intake.
Agreed. Whenever I see a sign saying 'Road Closed', to me it reads 'Cyclists Welcome'. I've never not got through one yet.
The point of the bow wave, done properly, is that it is initiated by the bumper / valance and it becomes self-sustaining. The water pushed upwards in the wave creates a lower water level behind the bumper / valance, in which your engine and intakes sit. You really don't want to mess it up as, if you are forced to stop and the wave dissipates, your engine and intakes can be left underwater and there are many ways that can be terminal.
Early Renault Scenic diesels were particularly prone to issues as their intake was, iirc, low down on the near side of the engine bay, an almost logical place if driving othe continent but right in the line of puddles in the UK.
Still, you do it your way...
Pennine-Paul
Goth on a bike............
Last year when they closed the railway in Shaw to make way for the forthcoming
trams,they put a road closed sign up a good 400m from the railway,did car drivers
take any notice..........................................err no,
They would drive all the way to the railway to be confronted with a 2m high metal fence
then do a u turn and drive off with their foot to the floor.....................idiots
Bikes and Peds could get through tho
trams,they put a road closed sign up a good 400m from the railway,did car drivers
take any notice..........................................err no,
They would drive all the way to the railway to be confronted with a 2m high metal fence
then do a u turn and drive off with their foot to the floor.....................idiots
Bikes and Peds could get through tho
Night Train
Maker of Things
- Location
- Greater Manchester
Dayvo
just passin' through
- Location
- 59° 50′ 5.55″ N, 10° 47′ 41.89″ E
Looks like a bloody big ghost in the first picure! 
Berties
Fast and careful!
A few years ago after a mass down pour on my commute under a railway bridge the road was closed,i had the common dog to go the long way but a little fiesta decided to plough through,guess what it stopped and was actually floating,I feel the water was a little deep for it,
I have also done similar on a river plain near hardyes cottage in Dorset no signs ,next thing the engine stopped and went to open the car and water came in,insurance right off! driving any vehicle in deep water is never good even with a snorkel,water can get into any thing to cause problems,I have a suzuki jimmy with ats for laughs and giggles for off roaring(not my main car) and won't take it into too deep water never know what you are driving into
I have also done similar on a river plain near hardyes cottage in Dorset no signs ,next thing the engine stopped and went to open the car and water came in,insurance right off! driving any vehicle in deep water is never good even with a snorkel,water can get into any thing to cause problems,I have a suzuki jimmy with ats for laughs and giggles for off roaring(not my main car) and won't take it into too deep water never know what you are driving into
asterix
Comrade Member
- Location
- Limoges or York
In the Massif central I ignored a road closed sign en route to Salers via Puy Mary. Had no idea why it was closed - they'd the snow warning signs up which was nonsense but to go another way at that time of day would have also been foolish. I soon found out that about 1500m from the summit they were resurfacing the road. For the Etape and the TdF. I have never seen road works being done at such speed and I had to clamber over hot tarmac, half-carrying my tourer. It was a close call, those working on the road totally ignored me!
Mad Doug Biker
Banned from every bar in the Galaxy
- Location
- Craggy Island
I can do that!
Trained in it I am, even have a certificate to show for it.
50 yards Breaststroke, February 1974?
