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nctnico:

--- Quote from: tom66 on September 03, 2023, 09:14:15 pm ---Of course, cars are not boats, and people are notoriously bad at estimating depth.  In general, it's a bad idea to drive through any deep water unless you are absolutely certain of the depth.

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Unless it is an Amphicar (recently I've seen one for real!) or a Lada. Back when I just got my driver's license my parents owned a Lada. At some point I was driving on a large parking lot and there was a big pool of water. So I got the idea to drive through it with the car like kids do with a bike. Well, you where right that people suck at gauging depths (actually, you can't see the depth). The water splahed up so high went over the car. Fortunately is was a Lada  >:D I never tried to do something like that ever since.

gnuarm:

--- Quote from: nctnico on September 04, 2023, 08:31:48 pm ---
--- Quote from: tom66 on September 03, 2023, 09:14:15 pm ---Of course, cars are not boats, and people are notoriously bad at estimating depth.  In general, it's a bad idea to drive through any deep water unless you are absolutely certain of the depth.

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Unless it is an Amphicar (recently I've seen one for real!) or a Lada. Back when I just got my driver's license my parents owned a Lada. At some point I was driving on a large parking lot and there was a big pool of water. So I got the idea to drive through it with the car like kids do with a bike. Well, you where right that people suck at gauging depths (actually, you can't see the depth). The water splahed up so high went over the car. Fortunately is was a Lada  >:D I never tried to do something like that ever since.

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The real problem with trying to drive through flood waters, is that it only takes a foot or two and the car will simply float and be carried away.  That is very likely to kill everyone in the car, whether or not the motor keeps running.

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