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sl8

(13,864 posts) Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:14 PM Jan 2019

Drunk, not his truck, or both?

At least he can honestly tell the cops he wasn't driving.

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Drunk, not his truck, or both? (Original Post) sl8 Jan 2019 OP

If he knocked over a fire hydrant, there should be water spraying everywhere... KCDebbie Jan 2019 #1

FH's have auto shut off valves to stop that from happening. Lochloosa Jan 2019 #2

No. Fire hydrants do not do that jberryhill Jan 2019 #3

DU is often delightfully educational. Harker Jan 2019 #5

My dad hit a fire hydrant with his '60? Mercury Comet in small-town eastern Colorado many years ago. yonder Jan 2019 #7

Nice illustrations, thanks. sl8 Jan 2019 #9

Oh shit. There goes my night. Iggo Jan 2019 #11

Never knew about auto-shut offs for fire hydrants. That's good to know... Thanks. KCDebbie Jan 2019 #4

Oddly I learned about it on DU jberryhill Jan 2019 #8

The yahoo shouting for the cops to "choot her" was a little much. yonder Jan 2019 #10

that's about the best ending possible KayF Jan 2019 #6

I don't get people intentionally trashing decent, running vehicles. Kali Jan 2019 #12

No, sir, we can't stop the breaks from squeaking Alpeduez21 Jan 2019 #13

KCDebbie

(664 posts)

1. If he knocked over a fire hydrant, there should be water spraying everywhere...

Reply to sl8 (Original post)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:18 PM

Jan 2019

I think this was staged! But that's just my opinion...

Lochloosa

(16,067 posts)

2. FH's have auto shut off valves to stop that from happening.

Reply to KCDebbie (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:33 PM

Jan 2019

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)

3. No. Fire hydrants do not do that

Reply to KCDebbie (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:33 PM

Jan 2019

The “fire hydrant hit by car spraying water” thing is only in the movies, and only in certain parts of the western US.

Most fire hydrants are specifically designed to break away when hit.

The valve shaft has a breakable connection with the actual valve that is much deeper underground. The barrel of the hydrant is not normally filled with water.

Harker

(14,033 posts)

5. DU is often delightfully educational.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:44 PM

Jan 2019

I can't recall having seen hydrant schematics before, or thought much about what's inside them.

Thank you very much.

yonder

(9,670 posts)

7. My dad hit a fire hydrant with his '60? Mercury Comet in small-town eastern Colorado many years ago.

Reply to jberryhill (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 6, 2019, 07:54 PM

Jan 2019

He said there was water spraying everywhere and they had to get the local public works agency to shut it off. As I remember, he was able to drive away and continue his journey.

That makes sense that they have breakaway shut off valves now, otherwise in the case of common domestic/fire lines, there would be no domestic water service between main line valves until it was fixed.