*MASSIVE FLOOD* Buses of Somerset 44637 MX14 FUH

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Published 2023-12-05
Here we see a journey on Enviro 200 44637 MX14 FUH seen on route 54 to Yeovil. We got told to go this way as the A303 became gridlocked as it had just been closed, and I was surprised we made it through this tbh. At least 3ft of water on the road and floods came into the bus. After this the 54 or 77 did not serve this road, I wonder why??
All Comments (21)
  • @johndonovan7018
    buses are rear engined and the intake is on the side and rear. they are literally nearly impossible to flood out! buses are really quite amazingly designed things...
  • @johnmills7716
    It's a bus, and follows a fixed route. The controller would have advised the driver to divert, only if it was absolutely necessary, and as it turns out, it wasn't.
  • @johndean4998
    I remember that day (Monday 04/12/23) well. I live West of Yeovil, and every single road running North-South between Crewkerne and the A303 was blocked or closed (including the A303 dual carriageway itself, which I've never known in 31 years of living here). The only way my wife could get home from work was for me to collect her with the farm tractor, driving along a deeply-flooded narrow lane which fortunately was passable despite being partially blocked by a broken-down BT van. You don't want to be reversing in a flood!
  • @choppercam01
    I haven't seen it flooded that badly in decades. I used to cycle that route
  • @lindaj5492
    3:03 Should be testing his brakes after coming through flood water!
  • @emgee44
    I’m surprised he continued but he said his controller instructed him it was ok, again I’m surprised they would do that. What if the bus had broken down in the middle of that flooded road with those passengers inside. We’d be watching a different story and that driver out of a job, not sure the risk would be worth the reward?
  • @DefaultMale_
    I think I was in this guys bus a while ago i cant explain it
  • @nikose34
    The air flow is above the bus, exhaust is very high so what is the problem?
  • @dukwdriver2909
    3ft deep water would ingress the bus far more than a little slopping about on the floor. The usual exaggeration of the inexperienced seeking hero worship. I will be interested to know how long before that vehicle brakes down due to water damage within components not designed to withstand immersion. Maybe months before wiring loom corrosion or seized brake parts show up.
  • @WilliamStevens007
    12" deep maximum I would have said looking at those stationary cars in the flood, As for any potential damage to the bus, There won't be any. That was just a puddle, People don't know how to drive through standing water and drive too fast.