Rufford Ford The End?
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- čas přidán 30. 10. 2023
- Road closure.
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Council making a lovely quiet spot for the traveling community over the Christmas period
The local tow truck company have now cancelled there 8 weeks holiday ,s in the Bahamas
3:49 “now back to the studio” 😅
Surely I'm not the only one who has seen this coming for months?
That’s some classy spray painting!
I hope a campaign can be started to bring back the ford, people need it in their lives.
This ford has existed quite safely for years but then the CZcamsrs arrived and the drivers started playing up for the cameras. This is why we can't have nice things.
People where ruining there cars there long before youtubers showed up.
@@legobrickabracit’s not the ruined cars, it’s the idiots who turn up in their knackered old 4x4’s and blast through barely in control, trying to impress the crowds of onlookers. There were a few near misses before it was closed.
@@ZS-2006 I see what your saying however I still think it's the number of damaged cars and the health a safety concerns of those stuck in there cars. Council probably received alot of complaints and they chose to respond by closing the road permanently.
Is it the CZcamsrs or the people that watch the videos…
Thanks for watching - hope no one is being a troll 🧌
@@legobrickabracthe road remains open for access, it’s just the ford that has closed.
I suppose that's why bridges were invented?
Why don't they put a simple bridge there? Bailey bridge??
it's a pity the council has to waste tax payers money protecting idiots from themselves
Are you suggesting that speeding through the water at the ford is not dangerous for those watching? Speeding is an offence, driving without due care is an offence.
You seemed oddly preoccupied with the light wear on those road barriers, bringing it up at multiple points in the video lol
Yes, someone was accused of damaging them when they didn’t - hope that helps
How has this affected the Mill and coffee shop? Can’t be good for them.
The wedding venue is a few 100m away from the main road - if you want to access it from Wellow it's a extra mile and a half, up to Ollerton and back down to the turning for the Mill.
2 shops from courtyard have moved out, I went in a week and the coffee shop was shut and a car park was empty just another ghost place now
Surely I'm not the only one who has seen this coming for months?
I went in the coffee bar for a coffee recently to drink a coffee. While I was having my coffee I had a chat with the owner while she also had a coffee. She told me the locals are sick to death of it. The ford has been ruined. We both continued to drink our coffee's.
0:16 That guy looks like the kind of bloke who hangs out with young boys……..er actually if you look at his videos he genuinely does hang out with young boys in every one of them.
MidlifeCrisis reporting from the front lines good on ya lad
Chicane good (stops ridiculous speeding)
Blocked road bad (stops people, farmers particularly, from travelling with vehicles)
People will move elsewhere, with cars and cameras, and I along with others will watch to see people claiming they have rights.
Without the ford, theres nothing left but Ruff. Sad.
They can't block off Church Lane and that'll be the next tourist attraction.
With the "Idiot drivers "performing with their cars in the past can anyone be surprised that the Council has decided to close this ford to traffic.
Even somebody with two brain cells (most Council workers only have one), most people could produce a simple solution, but lots of Councils are anti-business, so they cannot be bothered.
Dont let Rufford Ford be closed, that's a ritual of passage for the cars, those who survive, are forever changed.
It would not have been closed I the morons had not driven dangerously!
It ha been safe for decades prior.
Like baptism
Who is paying the bill? What do you do for a living?
So many commenters blaming those covering the events of Rufford Ford - yet you see other videos of unusual floods creating fords where supposedly 'normal' drivers take big gambles to cross (even those in commercial vehicles that should know better). Taking away the cameras, doesn't take away from silly driving. The former 11 foot 8 bridge in the states has a hidden camera and it's mostly commercial mover vehicles that strike it (even now with it's height raised and intelligent height signage, they still strike it). It's clear that no-one thought that would one day happen on a famous ford - don't think there's many fords left in the UK anyway. The management of it could've been handled better to balance out the fact that it was becoming quite an attraction - for example, a locally-run toll gate for use of the Ford, in order to keep it maintained and manned to ensure it's used properly - with provision for tourist information about the ford and mill. And if people still aren't happy, then there should have been a proper bridge put across (either at that point or at a better crossing point up stream to ensure access is maintained even during floods). The fact that nobody has any imagination or entrepreneurial spirit to say 'lets do this differently' so as to have the 'best of both worlds', coupled with only the reactionary response from the council to basically close it without any additional remedy, is just incredibly sad. Will anyone learn anything from this? I doubt it - but then it's all up to you to prove us wrong.
Is it possible to build a bridge at the same level as the pedestrian crossing, or is the expense too much?
It would have to be one that could carry the weight of a 20-30 tonne load, I live near a bridge over a railway and the limit is 7.5 tonnes
@@RegiyThornton I guess then a dukes of hazzard jump ramp is the only solution…
@@RegiyThorntonIt doesn't have to span the entire ford, it can be supported on a number of piers resting on the road below, with plenty of space for water to run beneath it.
So they protecting idiots from themselves
Experimental Traffic Order or someat, allowed to do things without planning or prior notice and then start the 12/18 month 'consultation' Thank you for the reports 👍
I’m not an engineer, but common sense tells me that if they manage to build a pedestrian bridge to cross the water, what’s stopping them from building a vehicular bridge to go over the water instead of people driving through the water like a bunch of idiots??…
Doesn’t need it. The idiots were just a couple of hours on a Saturday and Sunday.
Failed effort on policing and parking restricting by the authorities
@@midlifecrisis101x so what was the point of building a pedestrian bridge to begin with?
@@paulreportingliv that’s exactly what it is, for the pedestrians and cyclists so they don’t get wet 🤦♂️
All the little boys will have to find somewhere else to break their toys.
Church Lane and Crookford is the better options
@@jaggassAnd once the stupid people give those places a bad reputation, something will be changed to reduce the problem. Because they're stupid, those people never learn that their actions have consequences.
Been going through for 27 years-ish No probs whatsoever..All sorts of vehicles too...Have enjoyed the vids of `failures` ..Larf innit
Array foot-diameter (metal) tubes side to side equally placed, then cover the pipes with reinforced concrete, to just over a foot in height. Water still passes, vehicles can cross in all but the worst flooding!
That seems to be a total misrepresentation of the facts. The tractor driver knew what he was doing imo and it was totally deliberate sabotage.
IYO . . . .so you're guessing? What if he was just taking the shortest (and cheapest) route from field to farm? Every penny counts, what would you think if the price of potatoes went up to cover the cost of the farmer having to drive out of his way? What if you were that famer? IMO your story would be different.
@@johnlong3214 it's less than 4 miles the alternative route. Your argument that this mere 4 miles constitutes a major spend for the famer is hilarious.
@@chaosflower4892 I never suggested that "a mere 4 miles" was a major spend. I said every penny counts. The fact that you think a farmer can harvest a crop and get it back to the farm in one journey is hilarious.
@@Welgeldiguniekalias And good luck to him.
@@Welgeldiguniekaliasdo you know that all roads were blocked by heavy traffic that day due to flooding ? How the farmer will do his job which involves going back and forward to harvest his crops when roads are impassable ? Someone have to work actually while authorities were enjoying their weekend.
Why dont they fit gates and shut them when the water is considered too deep. The farmers could have a key and use their own judgement. A chicane could also be used. X
what, we're just gonna ignore that barnet then?
Big reason why rufford ford getting closed because RECKLESS DRIVER DON'T UNDERSTAND ABOUT ENGINE AND WATER AND JUST THROUGH THE WATERS LIKE AN IDIOT THEN GET STALL THEN THEY'RE BOTHER THE NEIGHBORHOOD TO GET SOME HELP ( that is annoying )
Yes, unfortunately their common sense and driving skills seem on a par with your English literacy skills.
Doesn’t sound like your from the neighbourhood 😮
Should be for agricultural traffic only, no cars, or the farmers will suffer.
I suspect the "locals" who complained lack ancestral ties to the area.
New bridge going over
Consultation?
Not needed for a TRO
Rip
Enough of those blocks and you would have a bridge.
Someone needs to ask the local authority, whether they obtained permission from the secretary of state for transport,A local council or county council cannot permanently close up a public highway, yfor roadworks etc ,they can close a road for the duration of those works.
local council has the power to close any road that falls under its jurisdiction. They dont need planning/ permission its their roads maintained by them. it wont be closed for good probably till winter has passed. I imagine theres been a few 100 000 pounds worth of write offs in the last few months. , so it makes sense
@@neildyer128 they can close off indefinitely, ie long term roadworks, but they cannot close up a public highway permanently
@@mortgagewizard40 ofc they can its their road, they pay for the repairs /resurfacing it can be closed or it can be unadopted. theres a duty of care in place so if need be they will close it permanetly.
@@neildyer128 It's NOT 'their' road. It belongs to the tax payers. The public. The council are responsible for the road's maintenance etc, on behalf of the tax payer, but the council do not own it.
Desperate bell ends!
Who?
The local council.
Why cant they just build a road bridge the exact same as the pedestrian bridge across it? Other councils across the UK have build wooded bridges over rivers and waterways like this.
Because it's not a major route, there are alternative routes, and the cost of building and maintaining bridges is exceptionally high. A wooden bridge isn't a good idea for several reasons. But whatever it's made from, it's money that could be spent on other, far more important road projects. Just so we can stop a few stupid people from doing stupid things. 🙄
That's entertainment
As already stated, it’s the morons who go through at speed that probably caused the closure
Why hasn't a bridge/culvert been built here? Driving through water like this is a bit primitive...we have the technology!
You do know that all humans come equipped with a brain? Those that passed their driving test also have at least one working eye and should also know that driving through deep water can be hazardous. Why go to the great expense of using technology instead of asking people to use their eyes and their brain? A bridge for motor vehicles is an expensive thing to build and maintain. There are clear signposts and an indicator of water depth.
All the damaged cars , bring knackered, the owners much have an awful lot of money to get them repaired,some I assume will be a total loss,the insurance companies should not pay a penny in claims for people who are so negligent,how about some drainage if it’s suitable for the ground,
There was no need to damage those blocks by lifting them using the grab on the bucket. They could simply have used the forks, also on the bucket, and used the slots cast into the blocks but that was probably too simple for them. Can anyone imagine the manufacturer of those blocks moving them in the way this council did?
They dont care about the value of the blocks, they are literally made by just pouring concrete into a wooden mold, very low cost to make them.
@@legobrickabrac What ever the cost of making them there is no need to unnecessarily damage them so please read my original posting. It was just laziness on the part of the machine operator
@@legobrickabrac incidentally, they cost in the region of £250 each which come out of the council tax.
@@michaelbright9162 Right but they mean nothing to the council they dont care if they are damaged, there old anyway they keep thousands of the things piled up. Also they could of already been cracked and damaged by the tractor and then the grab bucket finished the damage. Those things crack easy the on the edges, and often chip off.
@@legobrickabrac That’s as maybe but there is no earthly reason for the machine operator to use the wrong method in lifting and repositioning those blocks. It was just idleness in not being bothered to unclip the forks on the bucket and move the blocks in the appropriate manner.
This is the strong on location reporting that we need!
Shame about the closure 😭
Why would a sane person risk ruining his or her car is beyond common sense ,tractors and lorries only
Theyre not sane they are total bellend zombies. They walk and drive amongst us.
With a bit of common sense, Rufford Ford is usually quite safe to traverse in an ordinary vehicle. It has been used by cars for a long, long time. But unfortunately, some idiots don't have a clue when it's a bad idea, or they just don't pay attention tocthe warnings.
Some of those watching would entice people to drive through just to see them fail. Never saw people being advised to turn away.
Things had got stupid lately and the locals had got fed up with the mayhem and attention the ford had attracted so no wonder the road has been closed off as they can if the road becomes a hazard to traffic using it.
The farmers hate the internet and youtube😂
we want a petition to have this ford open
So you can watch people wrecking their cars?
Get a petition signed to reopen it.
It won't happen, and we know why. Because without physical changes to the site, all the idiots in cars will keep being idiotic and cause the same problems over and over. Unfortunately, you can't "cure" stupid people, so instead you have to limit what they can do.
😢
If your car gets merged underwater that's your problem what is put a small bridge in from the driveway over it
Presumably you mean "submerged". Have you any idea how much it costs to build and then maintain a road bridge that will be used by cars, tractors and HGVs?
Spoil sports.....this was Darwin awards for ignorant arrogant drivers who either don't know how to drive or didn't care ....at least it got some of them off the roads
It's annoying for the sensible locals too.
intrestig
It was a legend road
Need to save money and remove the £6.000.00 a year blocks.
I said this would happen within 5 years, on a comment only a week ago....... looks like someone has fast tracked it.
So the locals pay the price of a few, (well quite a few actually), "Karens", who have no concept of the effects of water on an engine or how to read the measuring stick in the ford.
What the hell am I going to watch on youtube next time it rains?
How can a place like that remain open, police would close it normally for safety reasons, don't understand why this is open, unless there are warnings there to warn of flooding, the council's liable if anyone gets hurt, it's health and safety law
It has always been signposted as a ford, it has all the usual warnings for people and indicators of water depth. But it isn't a flood, it's a ford. Drivers are expected to use common sense and not do stupid things. But some people love doing stupid things. As for health and safety law... I think it's slightly more complicated than you think it is.
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Such a waste. This is a perfect tourist location. It gives name to an otherwise unknown location. It appears to me as a very nice tradition you should not get rid of. Let fools be fools, drown their tourist cars, and make some money out of it.....
If one lives there might feel differently
Seems Council is interfering with the system....
As unusual! No debates. Just do.😁🤑🤑🤑🤪
Surely a speed camera on each side would stop excessive speeds going through.
Bridge
Chicane either end 😝
Why do people even drive through the water instead of going a bit further but on normal roads?
You sounded like you are worried about local people not being to drive through the water? Why would they anyway?? Destroying their wehicles, if not immediately or in short term, but in long term for 100%.
Why has nobody ever answered me, why these idiots and so many of them, drive through rally stages and flood instead of foing 1 mile around on normal roads????
If so many dolt's didnt intentionally wreck their auto's driving into what they know is hazard deep water Highway's probably wouldnt have to resort too this. Dont get me wrong I Love the YT Entertainment but the thousands and thousands of pounds in daily damage during floods in insanity. The amount of insurance claims at this very spot has too be staggering.
So many places are the same, it’s just this one that was to most popular and easiest to film.
Lots of new content coming up as we found a few more 😂
People have been driving through here for decades. The problem was the infestation of the area by antisocial oiks who instead of being satisfied with watching the videos decided to come down and ruin it for all with the dangerous driving (speeding), unsupervised children running amok, noise of oiks, encouraging drivers to drive through, blocking the road with excess cars parking and littering. It has nothing at all to do with people taking a risk and damaging their cars. These types of Ford are numerous across the UK.
Can you film that again with a lime green hoodie? ;-)
You can say what you want but as the filmers arrived, the idiots came out to show how not to drive through a Ford. As a result it became unsafe and caused a lot of damage to cars and no doubt the road itself. The only one really to blame are the you tubers. If they were not there, and people didn't attend watching, there would be no need for the idiots to drive so irresponsibily. It just makes me laugh at how the same you tubers take no credit for what they encouraged.dont get me wrong, I enjoyed the videos at first but it became a show and even to the extent of those watching encouraging people to drive though knowing all too well they would fail. Honestly some disgusting behaviour.
It was fine before the youtubers. We watched tehe cars for decades. It was never that unsafe. Just the odd smooth brain driver.
And then the dangerous drivers came. And it brcame a viral thing that drew rhe worst.
Just go away please with best of intent and let locals have their back rosd back.
If the celebrity dies doen, people will not go their
It’s 2023, even if it wasn’t on CZcams today it wouldn’t be any different. I have videos before it was even famous and drivers drove no different from when it was open
You people that cover the Rufford Ford always leave out the elementary facts: has any onlooker been injured; if not there's no reason to close it.
It was coming dangerously close. A biker managed to get flipped filly over handle bars and had some of the fast 4x4 lost control It was possible.
Their was a real risk.
Plenty of pedestrians got soaked. Deliberately spraying pedestrians is an offence. If drivers drove considerately and stopped being reckless then they might wreck less and the ford would still be open.
@@alexh3974that silly biker have been told to take it steady when crossing the ford by people near the bridge but instead he has turned around to pick speed up.and hit that ford on a high speed .. it’s totally bikers fault! And by the way I haven’t seen any other roads are getting closed because of an accident.Locals were making the stories up that the biker has lost both of his legs so they can shut the Ford.. it’s a local shop for local people😅
It's simple, a lot of people can't be trusted to behave in a sensible manner. They do stupid things, and it costs time and money to recover drowned cars from the ford, and it causes delays and upsets people. There's always the liability issues. If they haven't already, no doubt some idiot would try to sue the highways agency or road maintainer for damages etc... so this is the consequence. You don't need to look very hard to see that other roads that suffer frequent accidents are often altered in some way. There's lots of options, depending on the problem, and some are even closed to cars part way along, just like Rufford.
No, thankfully that's not how it works. It may seem "elementary" to you, but injuries aren't the only metric to consider. The cost, in both time and money, to rescue people and broken down cars blocking the road is high. The disruption to other traffic is high. The money has to come from somewhere, and it's all because some people are either ignorant, or just plain stupid. The likelihood of injuries goes up the more people take the risks.
Namby pamby councillors wasting more of our money pissing everybody off.
В моём понимании , это местная достопримечательность , это прикольно . а Топить свою машину или нет решает человек сам .
Have they got planning permission for these changes? 🥷x