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After donutting my smart car on an empty roundabout at 2 am the other day to the pumping theme of TND's "Back Seat Driver" I realised that it's not that wise.
Last summer, during the height of the floods on England's south coast, I was driving home from work on the back roads. The railway bridge near my apartment was queued back with traffic going in all 3 possible directions. Why? The road goes under the railway, and the flood water had collected to a nice depth of 3 feet!
Coincidentally, "Come In 007 Your Time Is Up" just kicked in on the CD player, and the prospect of doing a U-turn and driving the long way around town just didn't appeal. So instead, I hit the electric window buttons to "Up" and positioned the car inbetween the two lanes of static traffic. The volume control went to full, windscreen wipes on max, lights went to main beam and full fog, and a deft straightening of my tie, I ramped up the revs and dove into the torrent.
As the water level hit the bottom edge of the windscreen, all the 4x4 drivers were looking out of their windows in disbelief as I emerged from the other side, steam rolling from the car, and the 007 riff banging out at full volume.
School children stood and stared. The traffic warden nearly dropped her radio.
If only I had had a fish to drop out of the window - TSWLM eat your heart out.
The car survived the ordeal AOK, but it was touch and go for a mile or two
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Moral of the story? I guess if you want to keep your car in a decent working order and protect your no claims bonus - do not play Bond on your car stereo!
