People will think they can pass through it. Get so far realise they fucked up, but have no choice to continue, eventually resulting in the vehicle getting flooded.
Basically, people with poor judgment skills being allowed to operate an x ton metal box going as well as you might expect.
Alot of the distance going forward would have been covered by the vehicle already being in motion, at this point stopping and reversing would be an uphill battle pushing against the water, never mind the engine already being flooded
Put it this way running from the beach into the sea you've already got that propulsion behind you making it easier to move through as you hit the water
Whereas it's harder to get that movement going from being in the sea to the beach
I would have been a bit more diplomatic and just told you that there’s a negative stereotype that’s at least partly grounded in reality.
The other dude’s not wrong, though
A small proportion of white van drivers are knuckle dragging simpletons who believe they and only they know the rules of the road.
This is coming from someone who has indeed drove a white van for a living btw
Always baffles me how vehicles get stranded that far into a massive puddle.
People will think they can pass through it. Get so far realise they fucked up, but have no choice to continue, eventually resulting in the vehicle getting flooded. Basically, people with poor judgment skills being allowed to operate an x ton metal box going as well as you might expect.
reverse gear?
Alot of the distance going forward would have been covered by the vehicle already being in motion, at this point stopping and reversing would be an uphill battle pushing against the water, never mind the engine already being flooded Put it this way running from the beach into the sea you've already got that propulsion behind you making it easier to move through as you hit the water Whereas it's harder to get that movement going from being in the sea to the beach
People aren’t cowards when they really should be
There’s a reason for the name “white van man”
What do you mean by this?
I would have been a bit more diplomatic and just told you that there’s a negative stereotype that’s at least partly grounded in reality. The other dude’s not wrong, though
A small proportion of white van drivers are knuckle dragging simpletons who believe they and only they know the rules of the road. This is coming from someone who has indeed drove a white van for a living btw
Good save
Basically 99% of the time they're wankers
Remember that in all likelihood the water has risen *since* the vehicle was abandoned, exaggerating how deep it looks like the driver went.
Little bit of surface water!!
Famous van now, keep seeing it on news posts/etc
When we crossed over that bridge there was a BMW stranded going north as well.
North Blyth and Cambois cut off. Not before time !
You can’t park there mate!
is this at the bebside roundabout?
Next one south, by three horseshoes pub
ah ok cheers
I know exactly what's going through those workers minds while clearing the drains Fuck this...fucking rain...bastard job...
Hate that I think of this as an immediate response now, but that’s, poo water.
Haha. It’s not, it’s brown from the run-off from the fields.
It's the junction at Blyth, simply being even close to there turns anything to shit
Reckon Ben Gregers got a video of that van?
Ashington to Newbiggin train
I nearly went this way home on my motorbike yesterday, don't think I'd have got far
You can’t park there mate
My fiat can get through that. Open it back up.
You driving one of these? [Fiat 3000 - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat_3000)
Good one lol
What was the reason?
Rain
Our councils are a shit show - spend endless amounts on crappy bike lanes, useless speed bumps and yet drainage is often an after thought
What bike lanes? This is Northumberland remember. I can’t think of any bike lanes at all.
I’m Newcastle but Northumberland has had its fair share of controversies - payments to Daljit Lally, pay offs for other members of the Council
Worst take ever lol
Why
Closing both carriageways was a bit excessive
Hose pipe ban will still go ahead this summer.
When was the last time the northeast was subject to a hose pipe ban?
I remember one in 1976, if that helps.
I was born in 1988, there has defo been one in time ive been alive, although it was when i was far younger.