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15th February 2024, 07:49 | #1 |
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You cant park there mate
Driver was out and on the phone. Not sure if ditch collapsed or he misjudged it and drove into it or ground just sunk.
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It happens a lot here in rural Norfolk. Pull over to check the map or take a phone call and whoops, your nearside wheels disappear into a grown over ditch!
Many inexperienced youngsters have clipped the soggy nearside (none existant) "kerb", the wheel has dug in, pulled the steering wheel hard over left, the tail end swings out, then the car rolls several times, often ending up in the middle of a muddy field. Some with tragic loss of multiple lives! Take care in the countryside.
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Reversed onto it, back wheels dropped down and then the front ones. Rear wheels would not grip (even with TC) but rear slid onto sodden turf. Could not reverse and could not go forward. Reason for not being able to proceed forward? Well, those wheel drops had placed me in a recently scoured gully made by excessive water due to the heavy rains, The created void was about 10 inches deep and the width was 18 inches. How do I know? The front wheel is 18 inches and the vehicle could not immediately climb the 10 inches either going forward or in reverse. Who would have thought it? Kev |
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17th February 2024, 12:32 | #5 |
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Believe it or not a chap in a very upmarket Range Rover came along. Flagged him down and asked for assistance/push. Nada, the bonnet was too low down to get a grip. He put me up in one of the two hotels he owned and arranged for his "handyman" to take me back to the scene first thing in the morning. Pulled it out in reverse but his van struggled ;-)
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what a nice man! Chris.S.
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18th February 2024, 03:29 | #7 |
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Sorry Torque2me for your experience. A happy ending for you.
A similar thing happened to us in a National Game Reserve in Kenya. Our 4x4 was not dangling over a ditch, it was dangling precariously one side over a chasm and river in an area off road and off the beaten track. I was driving near an edge obscured by long grass. Drivers front and rear wheels were not touching the ground and had no grip. We were stuffed! That day it was terribly hot, about 40C and the surrounding bush was thick with gorse and dense shrubs and trees, The problem with sweating profusely in the heat of the day, is the body scent can be picked up in the wind by predators such as lions and other dangerous wildlife, so we didn’t want any animal coming to investigate us. In Kenya it’s not uncommon for people walking in the bush to be eaten or killed. The phone signal wasn’t that good, a blind spot for a voice phone call, but we managed to send a text message and pin location on what’s app to a relative. She alerted the KWS, the Kenya Wildlife Service as to where we were…..we were told to stay where we were until help arrived. It took 3 hours for a KWS tractor to reach us and pull us to safety. That was a frightening experience. The tractor driver was very kind and understanding, I gave him a big gratuity, which made his day even better. I learned never to drive near a verge again. We also learned to take extra food, water and not to drive in areas off road where other cars do not go. Last edited by Gate Keeper; 18th February 2024 at 03:33.. |
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