Driving through a flooded road

Yes - driving through flooded roads - my specialty! Thankfully, we get very, very few down here - a burst water mains is the most likely cause! Your scooter may well have made it through though. It's all about how one drives through a flooded road that makes the crucial difference between getting a flooded electrical system & making it through just fine. Cars are actually designed to travel through a flooded road up to - and this varies from model to model - sometimes up to nearly a third of the way up the engine! I'm not sure about scooters, but a similar principle may well apply - check with the manufacturer (email them). The streamlined shape of a car diverts the water away from the engine & works only when driving in, say, second gear (too fast or too slow will not be successful!) under constant acceleration (as opposed to constant speed). If you can slowly accelerate from a slow starting speed through a flooded section of road or creek on a fairly level surface, you should make it through just fine.

When it comes to floods, our university has it's fair share. It has become somewhat a norm that almost all of the students, teachers, staff and so on are quite tolerating it. When it rains, the normal path that you usually go through has to change and since almost all of you going to school or going home would use the same path, you'd get to bump with a lot of people while trying to avoid getting yourself wet. In my part, when I was on my way home, the water was shin deep so I really took of my shoes and my socks, rolled up my pants and walked through the road. Being careful with whatever I might step on under the water. I got aboard a bus and had to wait for my feet to dry before wearing my socks and shoes again. (^_^")

Well we're glad you didn't drive it either. That could have been very dangerous. I know even driving a car here in the driving rain is very dangerous like how slippery it gets so you have to take care not to speed!

Some years back I drove to a service station where they had to do some recall work on my car and while I was there it rained and rained and the streets were flooded so high that after a while I pulled over into a McDonald's hamburger place that had a high parking lot and seemed to be a safe place to hang out for a while. We went inside and there was a big argument at the order window because a man asked for a hamburger with no meat and the clerks there refused to make that for him. He said he would pay the full price and wanted everything on it except meat. I'm not sure why the clerks got so mad at him but they were kind of rude and after that he got agitated. It was very strange.

Just remember to drive slowly, so as not to splash (other drivers will splash more than enough for you!) and get water up under the hood to all that is there and the motor get flooded or sparks die cause they got wet and your car stalls in the flooded street. Also, drive through slowly with your foot on the brake and braking about half way down...this keeps the water off the brake pads and shoes and keeps them dry so you will have brakes when you get out. If the brakes are wet...you won't be able to stop. And once through all the water...pump your brakes several times to controlably dry off any water that did get on them. Don't assume you have brakes after driving through a flooded area...good chance you won't. So just dry them right away and you won't have to worry about it. Here in California, people don't drive any different in flooded areas than they do on the dry street and they end up flooded, or by driving so fast through, they make such huge splashes that it causes other cars to get wet under the hood or flood their windshield and thats when accidents happen too.

i am afraid when it rains. not that i don't want to get wet but there are times that my motorcycle stops running when got wet in the flood.

I've driven through a flooded road a few years ago. By what I remember it was higher than ankle deep. And although it was only flooded on a small portion of the road, it had bumper to bumper traffic going in both directions (it was the only road near my house that was open at the time). I saw one car that was stalled out on the side of the road in the flooded part. I'm guessing that whoever was driving it must have tried to go through that spot quickly, but didn't make it. Why anyone would attempt such a thing, I don't know. It was scary enough going through it at a snail's pace. Most of the cars, including mine, made it through There were some that didn't bother to go through at all. They were smart enough to turn around instead. Needless to say, I never want to go through that again. I'll make sure to turn around next time...if I can! Happy mylotting!

I'm glad that i didn't experience any serious floods so far, even when i'm in thailand. U are lucky u didn't bring your scooter for work because it won't be possible to ride through the flood as your wheels are not able to touch the road at all. THat's the reason why riders often crash or have accidents because of that. It's safe for u to commute via jeepneys or tricycle, secret ^^

I have not driven any flooded areas. But I have experience being stranded for while due to flood. This happened when I was in Davao, just recently. The city of Davao is a great place, but there is an area there that is affected by flood when there is a heavy rain. Well, I have to wait a while until the flood subside since vehicles from private to public cannot go through.

Flooded low-lying parts of the roads have caused tremendous traffic jams. All vehicles have to move on at snail's speed. Some had engine failure in the flood. You were luck not to have used your scooter, right? In this situation I'd prefer walking. I got two benefits: health and worry-free mood.

That's better, or you might fall into open manhole. I remember one incident where a man in a hurry driving in flooded road fall into an open manhole. His care was submerged into waters and it is really disappointing and devastating to his part. Keep safe always. have a good day

I have not experience driving through the flood. But I only experience an ankle deep flood while riding on a jeepney. Woah! I really feel so scared everytime the jeepney tends to move forward. The water forms waves and its getting higher. I sometimes wish to have my own car. However, I do not know how to drive. Maybe I should know that first, right? Hope that you'll not experience this anymore. However, we could not really make it sure that you'll not have that incident again.

you know if the weather is so bad i suggest not to bring your vehicle because some flooded area are not passable and some are like a trap that if you see its only ankle deep water but if you go to the middle of the road their are lot of manhole and deep level grounds so be careful .