Rufford Ford | part 71 WITH POLICE CHASES!! 

@@Meltaholics I'm a millennial and he's right either way. I've seen a few skids just before entry in past videos. A car overturns in the middle of that ford on a moderately wet day, and that's game over for all inside it.

Yes they definitely have. It’s gone from fun to stupid and potentially fatal with the speeds that they approach. Especially when there are sometimes children being allowed to play on the waters edge. Which is completely irresponsible. Only a matter of time

@@Meltaholics it's 2022, boomer is now a stereotype for a sane person. Fffffanks for identifying as an imbecile, Georgyboay.

youtubers causing more problems that good as always

It’s been going on since before these channels even existed.

That's because it's the EV version.

And it's also euro spec for our roads

They’ve only sold one!

That’s what she said

If people want to take personal risks driving *at or below the speed limit* into a ford then let them. If people are speeding then obviously that's a different matter.

​@@bergeracvandamme Hitting deep water at even 30 or 20 mph could see it aquaplane into the spectators or into an oncoming vehicle not spotted because of the corner on entry! Speed limits are not accurate for the constantly changing hazards a vast majority of the time and are not representative of what's safe and what's not. Look up advanced driving, limit points, etc. If the level taught by RoSPA and the IAM were made the minimum there would be no need for speed limits anywhere, yet the maximum safe speed for a specific set of conditions, vehicle and driver combination wouldn't change regardless of whether it was a 20, 30, 60 or 100 mph speed limit. You could make it legal to do 100 mph here and it would still be lethal do even think about entering even relatively shallow water at anything over 10 mph (be it lethal for your engine, spectators, other drivers or yourself) and every driver doing so would still be prosecutable for driving without due care and attention or dangerous driving with the complete absence of a speed limit, the point where drivers should be prosecuted for the speed they're driving, when it is specifically driving too fast for the conditions, not just over what some group of politicians thought would look good on a sign to pretend they're doing something meaningful about bad driving. If a car is fast enough, you could safely accelerate up to 50 mph between the ford and the curve to the right beyond that idiotic sign saying 'it's 30 for a reason', but with the closed view of that corner you'd probably not want to be going around there at more than 40 mph in case you need to slow or stop for an oncoming truck, slower in a larger vehicle that takes longer to stop and would absolutely need to if you met another of similar size, by which point even 30 mph is too fast for the conditions for such a vehicle. If you start driving as if speed limits don't exist you'd become a much better driver. Instead of looking at a sign for the number some idiot thinks is good and checking if you match it, you'd pay far more attention to parked cars, driveways, etc and thinking 'what could appear from there or behind that that I would need to avoid, can I drive around it or stop in the space I have' and suddenly you'll not be going as fast when it counts. I, as you can probably tell, have little consideration for what the signs say, yet when I have had a child run out in front of me from a parked car as they were trying to catch a school bus on the other side of the road, I stopped as gently as if I was stopping for a changing traffic light with traffic following close behind. Another little fact for you. In 1930 all speed limits were abolished, so if you could achieve 80mph in/on whatever vehicle you had, on that basis alone it was legal to do so through towns and everywhere else. With this fact in mind, how do you think the road deaths statistics changed for that year? If speed limits are so important to safety like you seem to suggest, then a vast increase in the death toll would be expected? Well, deaths actually fell that year by around 800. 800 fewer people died on the road in the year immediately after all speed limits were removed. Like I said above, without limits you don't look to signs for 'safe speed', you look at the conditions and solely drive according to them. This would require more education now as decades of 'don't exceed XX' has replaced proper driving education, which is likely why you have videos of people plowing into thick fog on motorways at 70 mph and the inevitable huge pileups. There is nothing in driving education here for how vehicles react in different weather and surface conditions except some hideously inaccurate numbers in the highway code for braking and reaction distances and stupid 'only a fool breaks the two second rule' to 'cover' this subject. The vehicle and driver combo even in identical conditions have vastly different stopping distances, brand new vs broken in vs worn tyres and brakes, how many people and how much stuff is in the car, even how much fuel is in the tank all increase or decrease stopping distance, never mind when the road's wet, dusty, mucky, frozen, recently been resurfaced, rough, has significant tramlines from heavy traffic or adverse camber. All this has a huge impact on following distance, following a lighter car you need to leave more space as they will stop sooner, following a heavier vehicle you technically don't need to leave as much, but behind a large vehicle you need to leave more to ensure you're visible to its driver and can see past it to see the potential hazard it will need to slow for instead of only reacting to their emergency stop to start braking yourself. Germany has mandatory skidpan training in the basic test, what I think should be the case here too, but even that isn't specific enough. You need to gain experience in a controlled environment of what worn tyres react like compared to new, likewise for brakes, different types of surfaces and how different vehicles and loading affects how you are able to stop.

@@markwright3161 Shut the f****** if I'm driving slower than the posted speed limit you can f*** right off

@@markwright3161 weird how none of the cars hydroplaned then huh? Also if you want to stand and record a puddle all day it's ur own fault if u get hit.

@@ThatOneGuyWithTheEye Plenty have noticeably, and plenty more will have done that isn't obvious on camera. Standing next to water increases your chances of getting wet, but it's perfectly legal for someone to walk from on side to the other without any intent to film or be involved, yet poor timing could see them be killed by an out of control driver just as easily as someone who has been standing there for weeks. It isn't their fault if they get hit, and standing near the ford doesn't make it their fault either. They can't control how drivers approach the water so it's fully the responsibility of the driver to ensure they don't lose control and kill someone. If a car lost control going through there and hit a lamppost, sign or wall, would it be the sign's fault for being stationary where their car happened to go? Of course not. The driver has the rwsonsability to not hit stationary road furniture, same goes for pedestrians. The only time the pedestrian plays a part in being hit is if they dove into the path of the car as it approached, something none of the spectators are doing here.

* are *

Now the old man rasta's turned up to antagonise, with his 'rights to'.

Shut up

Such a shame.

Not on a daily basis, but you'd be amazed the amount of old american iron that turn up to shows. This year I saw a Kaiser Darrin at a show here in the UK.

Loads of Americans working at Lakenheath get their trucks shipped over and after a while realise they’re impractical in most British towns so they trade them in.

When my second cousin returned to live in the Basque Country(Spain)after living almost 15 years in Nevada,USA,he shipped his U.S made Isuzu Rodeo wagon, and continued driving it for several more years.

It's also a LHD

@@jeffrycarrascal It was obviously imported from the US 🇺🇸.

@@frothe42 you can obviously convert LHD to RHD

@@jeffrycarrascal I think it would be extremely expensive to convert. You would need a new dash, move accelerator and brake pedals, etc. We do import RHD vehicles, but they have to be over a certain age.

Thanks, yes it was imported from california

Hope so tbh, someone innocent is gonna get hurt

Not likely. Pretty easy to drive through cautiously then see no cop and give it full send both ways.

Can’t see why you think the police will change the number of idiots drowning their cars?

Cops don't even try to prevent something. Lol

A simple remedy for traffic control is placing a speed bump on both ends of the road with a warning sign placed beforehand.

This probably won't work if the case goes to court. The driver might have changed. Unless the village is really small or the control location is in sight.

Yep, the little RTX RC stole the show towards the end 😄

We just wanna see people nailing it through breaking their cars or the police failing to chase them

I'm sure I could see rust forming on the Jag until he turned back 😉

Unless it's a 20 limit I doubt anyone is speeding.

@@bergeracvandamme it’s 30

I think the duck called the police on them :D

Thank you

American shite

@@kyrax07 haha guess that’s yours? 😂

Yeah you’re right he wasn’t.

How fast do you think it was going? 50?

And that's why the coppers are there.

@@trenttrevorrow5648 at least

@@Bond2025 it was you wusnt it m8 haha jk

Both of you are old farts that dont want kids on your lawns let people have fun for god sakes

You would be too if you and everyone in your neighborhood has flooded a vehicle in the same spot. Shame on the government for not fixing the issue. Double shame for showing up and pulling people over.

Hiding in a side road isn't doing much to prevent that from happening, if the police made themselves visible drivers would slow down

@@4Kandlez fair point but if they are visible they just slow down when see police where when not there might think twice and to be fair there a police car sitting on ten side road a lot time does not slow people down

So the police are not visible so put the foot down you not be caught only slow down when you see the police car

not sure why you watch these videos if you do not like seeing vehicles splashing through water .

@@kevinstevens8910 People watch these posts to laugh at idiots who destroy their vehicles by having no idea how to approach a high running water course. Not to watch idiots behaving like the speeding motorists in this episode. It not big, it's not clever, and it's downright dangerous.

@@pleasantville4529 Not sure if we are watching the same videos The one's I watch often have people laughing and screaming due to the fact they are being splashed Getting wet by water is a age old way to have some fun

@@kevinstevens8910 Yeah, and you don't even need to pelt it through at warp speed to accomplish that. You're missing the point, at the speeds people have been going, someone's going to cause a huge accident.

@@kevinstevens8910 Take a look at some of the earlier posts in this thread. Then you will get an idea what videos I have been watching. I'm guessing you are new to the rufford ford gang.

Cry more?

spoilsport

From the manics?

Well he's only going to show interesting ones. I suspect most people don't drive through there like idiots.

@@RichardBrooklyn I suspect that a lot do to get themselves on RU-vid

@@kidfromtheseventies cheers but I’m still in the dark. What’s the Richie Edwards reference?

On his way to the severn bridge?

Must be

Good sense is a rare commodity these days.

Driving an old Jag in the rain is a gamble

I'm glad he does too. That XJS is gorgeous

They are driving through the ford correctly... Wtf do you want them to do?

Anybody who gets caught by them obviously can't drive very quickly. I'd be long gone before they'd even pulled out.

The British police once succeeded in catching someone. It was a snail. 🐌 😂

​@@CiaraOSullivan1990 If only there was a way of the police being able to track you down? They should invent some sort of plate with letters and numbers on to be able to identify you and have it on the front and back of every vehicle so they can radio ahead to another police car half a mile down the road. Oooh if only.

@@PrinceAndrewFucksKids there's a difference between having fun and having fun safely, some of these drivers have no consideration for pedestrians, its quite easy to lose control and hit sombody, and its also illegal to deliberately drive through water with intention to soak a pedestrian

@@PrinceAndrewFucksKids i can tell you're person of great ignorance, Under section 3 of the road traffic act 1988 drivers can be prosecuted for careless, aggressive or inconsiderate behaviour on the road. This would involve splashing with intent

Looked like it was a 4x4 one , slight lift kit on them .

I drove my sprinter through floods, some about 2ft deep and never had an issue

Exceeding the speed limit on a public road? I've no problem with that. Putting others in harm's way? If the 'victims' are there of their own volition, the onus is on them. If not, it's inexcusable. I too have seen brain matter, spinal columns and giblets exposed as a result of RTCs. Not pretty!

@@JulianShagworthy Cheers dits. Cool story Bro.

Give up you melt.

That's a Mallard Duck 🤣

It's about raising money and bolstering the "crime" figures, if it was about safety the useless coppers would stop them as they approached the ford.

@@kw8757 Yep seems like that.

Or dissolve due to quality British Leyland steel

The trunk full of stolen paintings?

@@JAMESWUERTELE borrowed not stolen. Jaaag drivers borrow items.

60 mph? You seriously think they’re going 60 mph? Maybe 60 km

@@RustyZipper The Landrover Discovery going through @1:32 is doing well in excess of 50mph, closer to 60, if you think that is even close to 60kph which is 37mph then you are well off.

@@pdtech4524 that car was doing nowhere close to 60mph. 45mph at the absolute max. Also no one cares what kph it was we aren't stupid brits who drive the wrong way

@@pdtech4524 your dumb tiny streets that can hardly fit 2 cars half time make 25mph look like warp speed. You are an idiot if you think anyone went thru that at 60mph. Shut ur slow trap

@@pdtech4524 if that car was doing 60mph it would be on its roof. If you hit a foot of water doing 60mph your off the road. Use ur brain a little. Have you ever driven in ur life? Cars at that speed will hydro on 2 inch of water

I was hoping for death 🌊 That would be the top of fails 😂 All the party hats getting their feet wet 😂

🐖 pigs can't fly, but seem to paddle pretty good..........

its probably the four wheel drive version, with raised suspension and bigger wheels, and different air intakes, our local force have a few

@@russthebiker I drive a 69 plate and the air intake is actually level with the head lights I think it’s the bumper design that washes water upwards (coupled with the wrong driving technique 😂)

@@Dan23_7 you nailed it there, driving technique, slow and steady wins the race

I sure hope so. Cops are trying to ruin the fun for extra bonuses :/

@@Forzamon42069 They're trying to stop bystanders and oncoming vehicles from getting wiped out by people showing off their lack of driving prowess. There's no financial incentive involved.

Who would have thunk it ?

1. You cannot splash person deliberately 2. You must have control of Your car all time (aquaplanning) 3. Driving too fast through the ford - can be classified as dangerous driving (+6 points to license)

I think you're right. But that law also applies to Vauxhalls, too.

@@stanley3647 Crap. No splashing rule means everyone is going to jail!

@@stanley3647 Dangerous Driving also comes with a mandatory disqualification for at least 12 months and you must take an extended test. There is the lesser offence of driving without due care and attention, but many of the drivers on the video are deliberately driving twice the limit and treating it like an offroad / racetrack.

I wonder if England is so civilized why not make a bridge even in hick central USA you would never find something like this

👏👏👏👏❤👏👏👏👏

Can't agree more. I'm the same, I live near two River fords (Newmill, near Hawick in the Scottish Borders) which, likewise, can't be approached at speed because of the road either side (narrow single track and steep on approach to the water, plus the road surface is really damaged these days), but they're still fun to drive through and watch others driving through. But some of the speeds on these Rufford videos are well beyond dangerous. By all means, make a bit of a splash to give the kids a thrill, have fun yourself, even splash the cheering spectators on the bridge (which, although technically illegal, they clearly enjoy) but don't go at speeds where you could easily lose control and plough into the kids.

People here ragging on the police but youre right - you throw a 2.5 ton SUV through there on street tyres at those speeds, youre rolling the dice on losing traction and binning it into the crowds of spectators.

Tw4ts in party hats Bent and corrupt the most of them Although some drivers are a bit too fast in all fairness. I care about the ducks But proof in this vid they can shift their arses if they need to

@@R400TVR Edited for you 👍🏼

But no one has

Perpetrators 🙈🙈🙈 The only dangers here are the danger of water in the engine or a damaged front bumper 🙈 Just another cash grab from the so called law enforcement 😤 Called them to a break in at my property a few months back and they couldn't even get anyone out for weeks! Absolute joke

And to knock on a parents door to tell them their child has been killed in an accident

Luckily for you, not the grammar police.

"breake" the fun ? There is fun and there is stupidity. It is only a matter of time before one of those drivers aquaplanes losing control and crashes / rolls their vehicle.

@@roadmonitoroz ok karen

Spoil sport

It's a piece of crap that, ironically, drives like a boat!

30mph

seems like it drops from 45kph to 25

@@pretzelhunt There is a sign on the bridge. Look at the video as the camera turns.

@@roadmonitoroz I know I typed that before I could read it. Besides 30 kph sounds more appropriate, and it's Britain, which is famously metric.

@@pretzelhunt GREAT Britain uses MPH, not heathen KPH as used by the continental types.