Angry locals closed Rufford Ford again

#offroad #4x4 #bigsplash #fordcrossing #fun #ruffordford #fun #fordcrossing #vehicles #car #watersplash #fail#close ‪@Jack-Sparrow77‬

[@michaeljamesdesign]

I knew some people who bought a house next to an industrial estate. Whenever people used to make a noise they'd complain.

[@jeremyashford2145]

I bought a house by a speedway. The long term speedway lease ran out. It was renewed after public consultation said don’t. The sound of the cars never bothered me but the tannoy was a pain in the aris.

[@pdtech4524]

​@@jeremyashford2145I know some people who moved near a race track, complained about the noise, the track owners planted trees screening and tried to mitigate noise levels by changing their race times and limiting race days, reducing practise sessions etc but still it wasn't enough and the complaints continued. Some people just like to complain about anyone else just enjoying themselves, no matter what they are doing. I mean who would move next to a race track then complain about racing car noise?⚠️😲🤔

[@FallenAngel53]

I live near an airport been there since the wars and people moan about the noise 🤦‍♀️

[@jeremyashford2145]

@pdtech4524 A friend of my brother had a property right on the edge of the park, which was also used for rock concerts. He built a grandstand in his back yard. His primary source of income was towing cars.

[@michaeljamesdesign]

@@jeremyashford2145 I lived in a caravan near Silverstone circuit whilst working out that way. Loved the sound of the practise sessions.

[@markweatherill]

I think with strategic use of concrete blocks, they could divert traffic down the river.

[@Dikka0]

From what I've seen i doubt much persuasion would be needed. River,road, they both begin with R, meander through the countryside,why they're the almost the same really. Give or take a little standing water.😜

[@ChuckPlains]

@@Dikka0 Oh ARrrr!

[@markburgess4528]

I used to like watching the plums in their BMWs etc thinking they're Jack the Biscuit going through it and hydro locking the engine. Ruined by the local tw&ts driving at stupid speeds.

[@skylined5534]

Jack the biscuit?!😂

[@bekabeka71]

@@skylined5534😂😂😂

[@Rumouruk]

Why just the BMW's? More Fords and Peugeots get stranded! Or is that your jealousy showing?

[@markburgess4528]

@@Rumouruk Oh it's good fun watching all the idiots who don't know how to go though a ford, just enjoy it more when it's a Beemer.

[@Rumouruk]

@@markburgess4528 Really don't understand why! Must be because you can't afford one?

[@andyash5675]

It goes to show how far Britain has come. If it had been busy back then, with their abundant skills and dedicated work ethic, the Victorians would have built a nice ornamental bridge with an elliptical span out of stone, bricks and mortar. Materials would have been sourced from all around the country and drawn to site by horse and cart. Nowadays, we have modern technology. We park a computer controlled, 100 diesel horsepower, hydraulic machine with several axes of motion right in the middle of the water. There it can push a precast concrete slab, stolen from a nearby motorway, in circles under the surface of the water. Later, unsuspecting drivers can slam into said slab, unseen and at great speed as they try to cross the ford. Meanwhile the modern marvel of global video file sharing cements our international reputation. It demonstrates to the world our singular inability to build a bridge where one is so clearly required. Hurrah for Britain. Aren't we amazing?

[@02playman]

We’ve got a ford to access where I live and occasionally it was impassable and very inconvenient. The council eventually dug the bottom out and fitted three rows of 18” diameter concrete pipes to take the water most of the time. A concrete slab was put over the top and now, only heavy rain causes the road to flood but, it’s still passable. Why can’t they do the same there? It’s a very wide river so put more pipes in. Mind you, having seen some of the jokers trying to get through at speed, they deserve everything they get….😂😂😂

[@cjb405]

In next weeks episode we see the local farmer push them aside like matchsticks again, using a tractor with double the hp of the JCB 😅

[@mickee8025]

I'm surprised any insurance company would pay out if the car is deliberately driven into the ford.

[@seldoon_nemar]

Prob won't

[@trainman665]

They class it as accident damage normally.

[@trainman665]

@@blueboy7589 They still almost always cover it as accidental damage. Will go down as an at fault claim. Same as storm damage would.

[@stricardo1]

This country is a real mess. The majority have to pay for the twats who wreck their engines through increased insurance premiums. @@trainman665

[@mikebrowne3914]

@@blueboy7589 think it's called 'Twatage'

[@Sid3300]

Guessing those barriers were knocked down when a tractor decided to just go through anyway

[@greatunwashed1856]

Even Kim Jong Un has come to look.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

More destroyed cars filled with water and blown up hydrolocked engines smashed to pieces. Stupidity was so common as they had to stop them doing it.

[@iandawes4132]

Typical council workers, one working and several doing f**k all, paid for by the taxpayer.

[@johnbratley6926]

It shows how pitiful our highway authorities are. In the hundreds of years that ford has been in existence they have never got round to culverting it and building a proper road over it.

[@peterduxbury927]

There might be an existing Preservation Order, because horse-drawn vehicles crossed the Ford 100 years ago. It is an area of some beauty.

[@blaircorral8158]

@@peterduxbury927horses can swim 😂🤦

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

People didn't have cars hundreds of years ago. Drivers used to treat crossing ford's with respect. Unfortunately that's a past era. Closing the Ford is the cheapest option for the council tax payers. This river is likely a stream only for the majority of the year anyway. CCTV is an alternative with the footage supplied to insurance companies. The rest of the driving public are paying for the insurance losses.

[@jasonh4167]

The area is a national park preservation.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

WHY would anyone think they could get through this bloody river . There should be a bridge or the road completely blocked. Anybody that hydrolocks their engine with flood water should know it is down to them as insurance will walk away because of idiocy, driver fault and stupidity.

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

Hi! This is a very long story…This ford is usually not very deep. This is the deepest we ever saw. What you saying its absolutely right about insurance and driver decision..but this road should have been available for farm vehicles at least because it’s vital for farmers especially when they harvesting.. you see for a tractor even if that deep is not a problem.. Because not only this ford was flooded in the area at that time all normal roads were flooded also and were blocked by stranded cars.. he find a simple solution to go through the ford..so what happened was the tractor driver has pushed the barriers out off the ford which were under water so he could do his job.. but he has been prosecuted and lost his job because stubborn authorities would not open it because locals want it to be shut and used all they power to keep it closed..

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

IMO it was defo the speeding & dangerous driving by a few that brought on the closure.

[@threatgamingexp7686]

Make Rufford great again

[@karzhala5242]

Make Rufford ford again!

[@muten861]

Make Fords pund again in the Rufford Fords

[@gearjammer3688]

Is there some law that states 'digger drivers must be over 20 stone'?

[@DM-it2ch]

Makes sense to close it- stupid people sometimes need saving from themselves.....

[@James_Rivett]

they will only be there until the local farmer gets p'eed off again and drags them out the way,

[@bran170]

This starts to become a saga !

[@KravKernow]

I think this is for the best. Too many people were just recklessly speeding through the ford with no regard to the people around. And kids were getting scarily close to the vehicles. It was only a matter of time before someone was killed or seriously injured.

[@farmingfromscratch]

Yep that's the way!!!!!, take someone else's right to travel away, on the off chance some might get hurt. It's got to be dealt with in a different manner that doesn't infringe on others!

[@jimwilliams1536]

they are probably closing it because theres a liable case against them for damages to vehicles. possibly the police have had too many cars getting written off.

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

You'd be very lucky to win a case for negligence by the council. This is clearly a Ford and the depth of water at deepest part is clearly shown on a marker post. The way the majority of drivers seem to attempt to cross is clearly unsafe to themselves and by standers. As for laying effectively a pipeline to carry water under the road that's not going to work. There's clearly enough twigs, brush and solid items to block that at which point the houses and buildings further upstream are in danger.

[@davidoxer5105]

Surely anyone that deliberately drives thro it makes their insurance null and void ....good argument not to pay out or am I in the wrong job

[@black4estmike587]

It's environment-protection from stupidity, or reverse 🤣🤣

[@solidustiger9639]

Just checked out the location on maps id say some spoiled brat wants there own government founded private driveway

[@darbut1321]

I would want it closed if I lived there for sure. Perhaps all the unwanted attention from everyone watching cars getting broken would go away. Look at the huge crowd.....would you want this in your street ? Stopping idiot drivers putting themselves in danger should be the first concern. In Australia where I live, they would close it when there's a foot of water over the road for safety issues. How many pieces of plastic from broken cars floats down the river from idiots who can't be bothered to take the extra 5 minutes going around the long way.

[@jeremyashford2145]

Free jabs for all.

[@craigshobbies5293]

agreed 100% but on other hand where was law inforcement the country is so small population is much higher than here in australia but can't place a cop there to keep things under control like speeding or even high acceleration around people install speed cameras do something rather than close it and when flooded only allow high vehicles cause all the dead vehicles blocks traffic residents fight just to get out of driveways

[@Becky_bb_xx]

the tractors will just knock it down again ha ha

[@colhonk2916]

If the council had closed the ford, how come their digger was crossing it, should have taken the detour to get to the other side like most other people have to.

[@SW-ok8qr]

Technically yes unless they left an option for maintenance access.

[@00kirbyd]

Poor you...

[@Defender200tdi]

How about access for emergency services?

[@AmandaLesley-ri9rl]

I’ve watched loads of the videos and live not that far away from Rufford and can’t say I’m surprised it’s going to be blocked off all the time. It’s gone to far, people are driving like idiots and it’s only a matter of time till a kid gets hit by one of these vehicles.

[@rogerwilco2]

Indeed.

[@silentwitness247]

A few sleeping policemen in the road would help control speeds but they are probably already sleeping somewhere else in the county.

[@Pushing_the_cathinone_limits_]

Is there some legal framework to read regarding the closure ? Or is it just some guy in a JCB ? Is it just an advisory closure ?

[@jamie11greeN]

That section of road already has a TRO on it, and is closed almost indefinitely. Someone pushed the blocks out the way and drove through. Technically if caught by police doing it you could be hit with a section59 offence, no different to driving on a closed green lane.

[@farmingfromscratch]

Legal framework doesn't matter it is unlawful to block a common right of passage.

[@RATADATUAVELHA]

why they don't build a bridge at the same height as the pedestrians bridge? is that so hard????

[@hjvh78ho]

Probably closed due to the speeding wannabe off roaders showing off in their jacked up 4x4s like a bunch of adult babies. Residents have probably had enough of it.

[@Mindandsouls]

Probably just probably the worst digger driver known to mankind. No wonder highways take so long I could have pissed them blocks into place in 3 mins max

[@neilyoung7373]

Least I know why anything takes so long that fatty made a 2 second job into a full weekends work😅😅

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

Also double pay working on Sunday 😂

[@cleughy8736]

Its daft closing it. yes there was alot of idiots that would go speeding through the water, but come on who doesn't im 36 and if i see a puddle in my car i aim for it, its the child inside us all that comes out. But the fact a lot of people are blaming the youtubers for it....what a load of bullshit. The fact that 2 of the shops in the mill closed permanently with in a few weeks, then wasnt it the KZbinrs keeping them open then and all the people that would turn up to watch the idiots fly through the water. If there really that bothered about it stick some of them yellow/black rubber speed bumps down one on each side of the river, we all know how bad them things are and they will slow people down.

[@qollinsqollo2293]

What do we call male Karens ?

[@KCML82]

Kevin

[@welshskies]

In the last video I saw a John Deere pulling a trailer push the obstructions aside, in the process the tractor driver was spinning all four wheels in the ford. There was some discussion whether the tractor's tyres were damaged but perhaps the important point should have been if the road surface of the ford was damaged? In rural Wales the increasing size and weight of agricultural vehicles and delivery HGVs appears to be degrading the rural road network, most lanes were constructed and surfaced when a vehicle weighing 10 tons was exceptional and now narrow lanes are regularly used by by HGVs (and tractors and trailers) of 20, 30 or 40 tons. There is no money to repair the rural road network.

[@fixanddrive]

I'm lost. So it got re-opened after a year and then it soon got closed again?

[@MrJoshiej]

It wasn't meant to reopen until Summer 2024 but a Tractor yesterday went over the blocked barriers and removed them

[@marcoose777]

That's a private water feature not a private road

[@ElectroRiderSN]

Just call in the REME guys, they will build a bridge across the river in 4 hours.

[@altavistafox]

Они вообще нормальные? Для таких мест человечество изобрело мосты, но туда прогресс так и не дошел)

[@jonocharles1046]

Who pays for all the insurance claims when the inexperienced and just plain stupid, wreck their expensive cars? Many new engines 20k plus. We do. Through higher premiums. Is the road service having to entertain claims and if so, no wonder they want to close the road. And when they pay, we all pay. Unfortunately there is no social remedy to stupid. We may as well enjoy the videos. After all, we are paying for them.

[@brendanpells912]

Hopefully the insurance companies also watch these videos and use them as evidence to turn down claims from the owners.

[@GeeEmJay]

Insurance won't pay out on these - wilful damage to vehicle. If they contest, most insurance companies will look at these videos as a source of truth

[@miky-275]

Insurance won’t pay out for water damage if you drove in to it.

[@jonocharles1046]

Those who are clever enough to drive into a hazard, while completely devoid of any experience...are the same ones who will blame everyone else for not having the dangers clearly shown. I bet the roads service getting blamed for not having the temerity to tell those amongst us who are stupid, the truth!

[@stuartburns8657]

​@@GeeEmJaydoesn't matter if they don't pay, you're missing the point. The fact that dozens and dozens of cars are trashed gets added to the total number of of impacted vehicles (damaged beyond repair) which helps them justify raising premiums in general. Remember, insurance is one big bean counter spreadsheet. If they can use ANY data to better their bottom line they will do

[@Kiyoone]

Why those residents have the power to close a road? Isn't the roadways public? If speeding was really a problem, put 2 bumpers, one in each side of the river, with huge signs on it The inefficiency and incompetence of those in charge is incredible

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

they don't, they have to contact the council to assess and then act upon findings.

[@farmingfromscratch]

Neither the residents nor the council have the right to close a common road, closure is simply a violation of the Law.

[@farmingfromscratch]

@@sjv6598 dude you haven't got a clue, the council do not own that piece of ground the road goes over, that is common land, you can not hinder another Man's right to pass over that land regardless of what surface you pace on top of that ground, not to mention that the council probably did not establish that road to begin with, probably is actually an ancient right of way, the council simply don't have that right but people like you that enforce a false belief, try learning the actual Law, before you spread lies.

[@wayneharris7534]

Great video ..but I can't believe that they are going to close the road for months on end especially when fuel prices are so high. It won't surprise me if they shut it permanently ..then that would be down to the idiots that think their cars are boats. It's easier for them to. build a bridge .after all they build them for hedgehogs to cross underneath motorways.???

[@alan-sk7ky]

it's a whole 2 miles around the other way...

[@donbeary6394]

I wonder how this affects emergency vehicles? is it a temporary closure only when flooded? , because if otherwise I'm sure the first people affected by the longer emergency vehicle time to arrive at the scene will complain and sue

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

there's a sign either side which can be opened to show the road is closed. And any emergency vehicle driver would be an idiot to attempt to cross when it's flooded.

[@namename1]

Made in UK

[@robertmeechan5271]

and when they closed it the first time two shops closed in the village. and its a bit rich if there saying water pollution when the councils are watching sewage being dumped into rivers and the seas there just being self serving arrogant villagers. boo hoo

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

They only have themselves to blame! Not living in the area I would suggest that this flooding has occurred for many years prior to the mobile phone and youtube. The "locals" glorified it and turned it in to the "Event" it has become, even encouraging dim-witted motorists to take the plunge.

[@Sly_Wolf_1]

@@charles1903 well the title says "angry locals" and one would presume all the spectators are locals including the ones in videos saying "yeah go on, you'll be fine" to motorists, who stupidly follow their instruction.

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

⁠@@charles1903I guess you are one of the locals then.. simple question . Why are you not happy for the road to be opened with the safety measures? The solution that was mentioned in the video by highways maintenance would have solved the problem with the dangerous driving (which was the reason why Rufford Ford was closed)and would let at least the farmers to use the road ..so why you wanting public road to be closed? Common Charles we know how many authorities lives in this village and how desperately they want for the road to be closed.. so it’s more to it..and again who pays for this luxury?so stop trolling on my channel and jog on somewhere else before you will get blocked from my channel

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

@@charles1903so you saying if locals filmed there it would have been ok then? Is it shop only for local people? So far as I know it’s a public road that we all paying for it to be used.. you have no rights to tell who can film and who cannot.. grow up it’s 2023😂

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

Hi. If you don’t know …Rufford is a public place with a nice park, lake shops and Rufford abbey.. a great family place for for a walk with a family and your pet if you want.. Rufford mill ford is a part of it.. so it used to have a lots of visitors..I remember there was always people especially kids were there by both sides of the bridge were coming to watch car splashes and some grown ups were saying that they used to enjoy splashes too when they were kids..long time even before you tubers came.. I have to admit the place became more and more popular after it have attracted more bigger you tubers and it has brought a few idiots to the ford too..please note that busy was at the weekends only not every day as locals are saying..the council closed the ford temporary until health and safety measures implemented.. which was right thing to do..So this road has been closed a year now..reopening has been postponed 2or 3 times now and as you know we have had a heavy rain which caused heavy floods in the area . So diversion road was also flooded heavily and it was blocked by cars..so as you probably know the farmer gone through the ford and pulled the concrete barriers out of water as they were harvesting and needed the road to use.. So highways maintenance came next day and wanted to position the barriers as its has been mentioned in my video which would have resolved the problem with dangerous driving straight away but the locals turned up and started to moan so road has been closed again.. So locals I mean people who live in the village all these people want for this road to be closed..Again this is public road and the farmers clearly needed this to be open..so why the locals don’t want it to be reopened with the safety measures so normal people can use it? Apparently it’s who lives in that village which are 2 councillors and a local MP who are doing all possible to keep this road shut which is quite obviously for their own benefit but why taxpayers should pay for it? Do you know how this closure impacted on that place? 2 local shops are closed. £5 per car car park is empty which means luck of visitors since Rufford Ford has been closed so whoever keeps this ford closed and not trying to implement a safety measures just have created another dead rat hole.And the farmer will be prosecuted because he wanted to actually go to work and do his job.. so just ignore @charls1903 as he only wants to add a value to his property

[@gamingvenom3379]

i mean people have said its the wedding venue making most the complaints, all because they don't like the noise of cars and kids screaming... get a life honestly no wonder people keep moving the barriers

[@athenaGSD77]

I remember the wedding guests were staying opposite the bridge and were enjoying watching the road and drinking beer..why are they moaning for?

[@chrisfleming5109]

the chappy in the jcb is breaking the law! he is driving s mrchanically propelled vehicle on a public road without wearing a seatbelt! the jcb is also being used illegally in breach of health and safety laws because no reversing beeper! not much respect for the law here boys.

[@davidsauls9542]

The Nanny State has to step in and control. It is a wonderful diversion so we don't notice their incompetence in doing what they were hired to do.

[@hamstirrer6882]

Can you imagine if the backhoe got stuck 😆

[@peterball8241]

Put a speed camera in to stop the speeding and post the footage on KZbin, win win.

[@sergey_Berezkin]

Че за хрень. Река по дороге

[@Battleneter]

Boooooooooooooooooooooooooo

[@PUBLICSECTORJOBSWORTHS]

Mad how it's gone from being enjoyed to loathed. Seemed to be after the police started turning up!

[@PUBLICSECTORJOBSWORTHS]

@@DM-ur8vc To what?

[@PUBLICSECTORJOBSWORTHS]

@@hjvh78ho dropouts hahahaha Snob!

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

@@PUBLICSECTORJOBSWORTHS did you not see the state of the banks, kerbs, and road surface in earlier videos?

[@allygilmour6182]

Arseholes in land-rover driving through at maximum speed with kids, yes kids standing in the water it's no wonder this has happened. Muppets always spoil things for everybody.

[@seldoon_nemar]

they need a few more in the center, then span the top with some steel or concrete... then you could drive over the water without getting wet! 5:34 bro's so close... just a few scoops right there and the water goes under the road instead of over it... then just take the concrete barriers and lay them over the top... I feel like I should name the invention a "Bridge", after the card game.

[@Tigermoto]

Too expensive, in the same way they could put up electronic metal barriers you see all over North Yorkshire that close when the roads are too snowy. They just want to fuck with people. Fairly certain this is just created by people to stop the KZbin videos making them look bloody stupid. A lot of expensive cars owned by "Expensive idiots" drowned publicly.

[@des_smith7658]

Ford's are so 19th century

[@Dikka0]

OK that sounds awfully complicated and what is this "steel' you talk of!! Another flash in the pan no doubt, like the wheel!

[@seldoon_nemar]

@@Dikka0 it's like wood, only made of fancy rocks!

[@comprarapida7596]

Crossing this river by car could end up becoming a world sport

[@joshuacastle8055]

how long till the farmer knocks the barriers over again

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

Exactly! That road needed to be reopened with all the traffic calming safety measures. @Tom Sunderlands video with the tractor driving over those blocks was an amazing and very powerful message from farmers to authorities! Even mail man have an impact on the road closure because the village has been divided in half and local businesses are affected . The courtyard with empty shops and empty car park.. The speeding needed to be tackled for sure but road shouldn’t be closed!!

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

⁠@@lamarw7757he will be prosecuted. The police is after him ..but my point is why authorities keeping this road closed for a year now and not implementing any safety measures.. because it’s a simple and not expensive solution to stop speeding and dangerous driving.. This road is vital for the farmers at this time of year and businesses around are suffering..

[@geoffreycoley846]

is it beyond the big brains too put a 5 mph speed limit and an enforcement camera, stop the idiots trying to show off

[@stevenmoran4060]

What use would a 5th sign be? There is already a sign stating Road Closed and the depth of water and the self important idiots ignore it. The easiest way to stop them is an ANPR speed camera, go through as fast as you like but, you will be getting a large fine.

[@zipWith]

aye it's one thing if your road attracts the occasional BMW driving past "road closed" signs and hydrolocking their engines but once people are deliberately driving through it in flood to "have a go" closing the road for safety is a no-brainer

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Unlawful to close it. too.

[@zipWith]

@@G-ra-ha-m what are you on about, Nottinghamshire County Council implemented a TRO in December 2022

[@Rumouruk]

@@G-ra-ha-m There you go again! No it is not unlawful. But if you are daft enough to believe your crap, take them to court! If you are correct, it will cost you nothing, the council will have to pay your costs! But ya won't!

[@susanpgi1579]

It’s called RufFORD.!!! I’ve no sympathy for those that live there or those idiots that try to drive through a flooded road and complain.

[@janevanreenen8768]

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Also the hue and cry when floods happen.. blaming the government…no one controls Mother Nature… Wakey wakey

[@Biscuit-Nomster]

With people being irresponsible its good that they have closed it off. Its not safe with idiots in their 4x4 piling through it at top speed. Or driving down the run off.

[@arizonasteve8170]

You should stay in your safe zone and let the rest have fun if they want to.

[@Biscuit-Nomster]

@arizonasteve8170 there's a motto I always go by. "Do stupid things in sensible places," and this isn't one of those places for doing 60+... There are plenty of other Fords about the UK that are less populated or in an area where people are not at risk. I used to enjoy these types of videos of people drowning their car. Unfortunately, there are a few that spoil it by being reckless.

[@callumporter6210]

The farmer will move them blocks again 😂

[@gavinminion8515]

TBH cars doing this on a public road is pretty dangerous and someone could get badly hurt. Perhaps what someone could do is acquire some land and build a track with a 'water feature'. Then people can pay to drive through it as fast as they want. And with free recovery for their broken cars afterwards. Business opportunity?

[@christianweller4288]

Drive through, raise the water level by 100mm. Repeat... like high jump. Manufacturers could compete with stock vehicles and homologated specials. Brilliant idea. This should happen.

[@tinaforbes1059]

Well, some hard-core testers /4×4 etc drivers created their own muddy tracks in the forest near me. They brought in gallons of water and pumped it into dirt tracks and the fun rally begin . Council/forestry department are trying to close the entrance, but people can still drives between trees and bushes to get to it .

[@G-ra-ha-m]

@@tinaforbes1059 It's our land, don't let the corporations steal and fence it all off.

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

i'd buy shares in that! :D

[@MrJudgementday99]

Quite interesting that there are millions of potholes needing attention, but this does get all the attention it didn’t need

[@kencoggin4566]

It simply depends on "who" lives there, or "who" they know.

[@bensbutcherseastsussexsurv6100]

nice waste of tax payers money ....how about repairing the roads that need it first

[@Stabby666]

Doesn’t anyone have a job in that village?

[@Truth_Seeker_UK]

This was a Sunday derp derp

[@keithleivers4061]

Money talks how else do you get it closed off in a few hours if i lived near id be selling hot drinks and burgers to the visiting public off of my yard of course

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

@@keithleivers4061 then council busybodies would want to see your "permits" etc. :(

[@Yoyo-01]

Finally removing those hidden (submersed) lumps of concrete that cars have been hitting for weeks..well done that man!

[@julesviolin]

Yes the cars that ignored the Ford closed signs

[@Guccit865]

I think that huge tractor with trailer that smashed through the concrete reckless driving was enough is enough

[@oldmanonamotorbikeinbucks7604]

He'll be back... lol

[@barkeyes8592]

I absolutely loved that guy. He showed them All how it's done if you have the right equipment and know how. Tenacity and grit!

[@tomasdevine7756]

He certainly didn't own the tractor no way.

[@fanfeck2844]

He’s probably in the jail or lost his job by now

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

@@barkeyes8592 TBB, he had neither, only a large vehicle capable of mounting the barriers.

[@tramlink8544]

Send in the John Deeres again!

[@harmzegt8066]

Probably the noise of the spectators and bad parking of those same spectators. These people bought a house once in a quiet neighbourhood. Not along side a race circuit with 20-40 people cheering all day every day.

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

It was very quite in a week but busy at weekends..and only have become busy a 2-3 weeks before it has been closed

[@DOCTORDROTT]

Good, stops the morons . Why don't they build a raised prefab bridge over the water . Its been done in other places

[@G-ra-ha-m]

Morons? Having fun with a ford, while our 'sensible' authority wages foreign political wars, and you pick on them???

[@leonkingston4034]

Why don't the council empty some gullies, do something usefully for a change!!!

[@cerb101]

Everyone knows the real reason. Too many people driving like twits.

[@Chunky246]

It's like when people move next to a huge stadium... then complain. If the locals (nimbies) are saying it's speed, why not put some big speeds bumps in before it? Would reduce the run up speed (that often doesn't work anyway) but keep it open? Probably a local there that has a contact in the council, so probably abusing that.

[@Chunky246]

@@DM-ur8vc 😆😅🤣Frothing has begun! C'mon nimby! It's all about common ground, keeping stuff moving, suggesting stuff to keep people (mostly like you) happy (mostly impossible). Keep it open, slow it down. But in your world... NOOOOOOO! 😆. So come, bring out the none troll account... still too shy? Come on nimby be brave. Put the Daily Mail down and chill.

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

@user-un7eu8ud8l It’s always used to be famous for cars splashing kids on the bridge. Lots of grown ups remember when they were kids they were used to go there.. Because the you tubers made it famous it doesn’t mean the you tubers started a problem.. it was already there . These people knew where they were buying their houses.. Rufford is a public place and have lots of visitors.. The reason that Rufford Ford has been closed is a danger to the public! Not the idiots drowning they cars in there.. There is lots of simple solutions to stop speeding and Highways maintenance came up with really good one but not locals moan again… obviously it’s in their interest but it’s a public road and taxpayers paying for it.. also local businesses have been closed in a court yard and cafe is not open every day as it’s used to be the expensive car park is empty and it’s used to be full of cars.. If you watched Tom Sunderland’s video how tractor dragging these concrete barriers you will realise that road needed to be re opened especially for farmers..

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

@@trog8035 I am not denying that and actually agree with the closing Rufford Ford as council said was a right temporary solution.. but the council isn’t looking into solutions to resolve the problem and there is lots of ideas . One of these options in my video was to position concrete barriers staggered which would resolve the issue with speeding but no .. speed bumps no.. speed cameras..no. The road has been closed for almost a year now and businesses are affected and it started to look like derelict.. so do you think it’s ok to keep public road closed not looking into solution resolving the issue just to keeplocals happy? Because this is how it looks like..

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

@@DM-ur8vc I am saying that closure of Rufford Ford supposed to be a temporary until authority will find a right solution to solve with speeding. I am agree the speeding should be stopped..It’s just no one looking into this solutions the road been shut for almost a year and it affects businesses, farmers and cost taxpayers money to keep it shut or someone just have its own interest to be shut. I live on busy street and have idiots driving dangerous too , so can I close it too so I can have a good quiet life? Obviously i will be laughed at.. just saying

[@farmingfromscratch]

@@Jack-Sparrow77 Yep you can not close access on a common public road, it's simply unlawful, that is technically common land and anybody would be well within there rights to push aside those barriers, hell if i lived there and needed to travel that route I'd be down there with a loader moving those blocks the same day as they put them out!!!

[@chiganuggoo9929]

When it's your first day on the Digger... Doh. Made a right dogs dinner of that.

[@gagemanukau853]

Honestly this dude made me itch 😂

[@skylined5534]

There's a KZbin expert for everything these days.

[@chiganuggoo9929]

When you run a business that has 4 of these you can tell a newbie a mile off @@skylined5534

[@carl90210]

He looked like he’d just been given a JCB for Christmas.

[@sylvester-jb3lj]

war of attrition......who will give up first...my betting the council, they'll get fed up keep doing it, which diverts from already approved projects

[@ChuckPlains]

So impressed with the power of this machine! And, I just found out, from checking their website, that the first JCB was invented in the year I was born! 71 years ago!!!!!!

[@robhudson1501]

I presume the village will now be known as Ruff.

[@johnbell8553]

How long until a farmer brings a tractor to clear the road!

[@lenmarfox2947]

Give it time

[@johnwillett4086]

The problem was the idiots - you just need to know the wading depth of your vehicle and look at the yellow depth marker before driving into the ford - I am up to 700mm (28"), so I'm OK if the depth guage reads 2' or less. You just need to go slow and steady and not create a splash. The worst car is a BMW which has a very low wading depth and I would never take into a ford. Watching the videos, most vehicles who crossed properly got through and it was only the stupid ones or those trying when the water level was too high that got stuck. Every car should have the wading depth in the manual and everyone should know what the depth for theor car is.

[@rickmatt3423]

I've got to ask, why not build a bridge like the pedestrians have? The amount of flooded cars I've seen would have paid for the bridge 10 times.

[@jonathanreynolds8690]

Its like when rich people buy cottages in countryside villages then complain about the church bells ringing on Sunday

[@merlin5476]

I live next to a church thats been there for approximately 600 yrs & there is 1 house owner that complained about the bells 😂. I also live down a rural area that had trees with a TPO and the council ignored it when the nearby house owner had it removed as it blocked sunlight into there house !!! The house was 15yrs old & the tree was there for over 100 yrs !!

[@athenaGSD77]

@@merlin5476there is always one😂

[@TheConfusionalCat]

@@merlin5476 Holy shit, I get if the tree is about to fall down, but for some fucking light!!! Some people are gross.

[@des_smith7658]

And that was the end of Solomon Grundy

[@Jin-Ro]

I live in the country, along with two other houses. Toff neighbour complained about our log burners, literally came around here last winter and said "There's smoke coming out of your chimney. Well of course there is you mong) . Next doors dog (it's fine), me using an angle grinder after ~20 mins last summer. Farmer driving his tractor on the road to his barn. Me listening to the radio while reading outside. He moved out a week ago. Met the new neighbours today and they said he was a tool. He removed all the light bulbs, toilet roll holder, and towel holder from the house before moving and asked them to pay for the emptying of the cess pit (full of his shit and piss) Some very entitled and odd people out there that absolutely expect you to live according to their rules.

[@svennorman9138]

I enjoy the videos, someday they will build an automobile bridge over the Rufford

[@another6096]

What statutory procedure have the Council used to close the road. Have they made a Traffic Order? Is it a lawful obstruction of the highway? Any locals made an FOI request to the Council?

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

that's what Google is for - - -

[@ditch3827]

The council website says they have.

[@farmingfromscratch]

The council are breaking the Law

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

There are legal ways of closing a road and this could be done on public safety grounds

[@kathrynwhitby9799]

@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 provided the council have issued the correct public notices/statutory regulations then yes, they can.

[@ZettoMedia]

I don't understand why won't they just make a small bridge... 😐 Can someone explain to me?

[@MrPete81]

Cost, simple. It's cheaper to close the ford than to build a bridge over it, especially if people that don't want traffic going through that area don't want the road to be open in the first place

[@andrewhaines3259]

It also takes years these days to plan, approve, and execute any development, so if they are thinking of redesigning this section of road, it may not happen in this decade!

[@RuinInScotland]

Won’t the farmer who moved them before move them again ? Is a highway 🛣️?

[@sharkinadark]

What’s the total cost of all those wrote of cars 😮

[@binky_bun]

Before their owners drove them into the river or after? After nothing because the insurance won't pay out for negligence so they're worth whatever the scrap man pays less the cost of the tow truck to get it there which is probably more than the scrap man will give you. Even striping it for parts the engine is shot, the interior is waterlogged and anything electrical is going to have a serious case of the green crusties so it's going straight in the crusher to get melted down. Scrap steel is about £150 a tonne so by the time you're done driving your 40k BMW through the river it's going to be worth just about enough to pay the tow truck to drag it out and take it to the nearest recycling centre for you.

[@Tigermoto]

@@binky_bun Bingo, and seems to be completely misunderstood by a lot of people. Lets be honest, insurers do their best to not pay out when they should, like hell are they paying out when they don't need to.

[@gazsykes67]

It must be his first time in the new digger either that or there’s not much work for it 😂

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Not the fastest operator, you think? 😉

[@geoffreycodnett6570]

​@@Peter_Riis_DKUnlike the useless articles driving at speed through the Ford the JCB driver is fully aware and trained to deal with water. His vehicle costs the equivalent of several BMWs and weighs several tons. This ford may have a surface too weak to carry the load on one or more wheels for all he knows. Perhaps you armchair experts have never driven anything this size?

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

@@geoffreycodnett6570 Armchair experts? I see. Welcome to the club, Geoff. 😘

[@DavidRichards-z2k]

Maybe time to gate barriers up, like the snow ones up in Scotland that can be swung closed when required , I’m aware that planning & costs etc will have to be taken into account, but long term there has to be a solution.

[@大頭奶爸]

這個國家很窮嗎？ 蓋個橋不就好了 花不了多少錢

[@WALLUMOT]

Great access for emergency vehicles. 😇 🚔🚒🚑

[@Stabby666]

There is a road that bypasses this - there is no reason people need to go through that and wreck their cars. The poster is just mad they cant make money from posting more videos of cars being damaged here.

[@GWAYGWAY1]

Average water level 3 foot average car engine intake 1 foot, water stuffs the engine irreparably it is NOT an insured loss for £5000, but the idiots still do it.

[@Stabby666]

For new BMWs the replacement engine is well into 5 figures. I was quoted £32,000 for a replacement engine for my M5 when I blew it up. Obviously didn't go to the dealer for that, but that's the kind of price they'd want.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

@@Stabby666 Why shouldn't he be mad? We don't live in the USSR. We're supposed to be allowed to make a living or extra money.

[@G-ra-ha-m]

@@DM-ur8vc Council regulations are not a free market, it's an illegitimate woke bleating against freedom.

[@magnol9]

At least we watching it on KZbin gets exciting content

[@keithleivers4061]

You choose to buy a house near a river or a flood plain then think you are King Canute 😂😂

[@JelMain]

You come driving that way and you're even more of a newbie.

[@maxthecat14]

I dare say they were living there before people decided to make a sport of drowning their cars.

[@mrmark8603]

How many guys does it take to operate a JCB?

[@CH11LER.]

Should have a staggered right of way island on either side of the ford. Keeps the road open but also calms the traffic

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

That is what they have planned to do first until neighbours came out..

[@VancouverCanucksRock]

​@@Jack-Sparrow77Do they own the fokin road, mate!?

[@Jack-Sparrow77]

@@VancouverCanucksRock they act like they do

[@Chunky246]

@@DM-ur8vc Don't live there then, the ford and what goes on there was happening before you arrived on the planet to force everyone to do what you want.

[@Gnrnrvids]

@@DM-ur8vc No I wouldn't but I'd also want the road to still be open.

[@Susther]

Ahora a disfrutar lo conseguido 😢

[@johnholland-rf4qo]

take out a private injustion against the council