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Don't think I've ever seen anything like this in Brum before, lad's a hero.
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Well done fella..what a hero..Comes across as a great lad, saw him interviewed today.
Unfortunately, cars attempting to go through this particular ford ( and presumably other fords) when they shouldn't is nothing new, there's always cars stuck in there during high water.
I've even seen somebody drive around the 'Road closed' sign placed in the middle of the rd and attempt to go through this ford.
The crazy thing is that the detour via Wake Green Rd, Colebank Rd, Sarehole rd is about 2 minutes
It used to happen when I was kid in the 70's + 80's round there (used to be a wooden walkway bridge then) but replaced it with a concrete one as it kept getting smashed when a car got wedged under it, there's a big f-off black and white ruler where the road meets the ford that shows how high the river is if you can't judege it yourself and the road either end is marked with flood signage.
As you say it is a 2 minute detour.
Couple of incidents in 2019
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Sure there are many more examples out there.
There used to be a person who went down to the bridge when it flooded and filmed people for youtube as he knew they were some stupid idiots everytime it flooded that would and try save 30 seconds instead of going round.
Another Ford down by Trittiford Mill Scribers Lane by the big bridge was another one that used to catch motorists out, back in the day. Don't hear of any problems so much now with that one though
