Australia

A bloke at work years ago told me a cool story. He went way way up north to visit a mate. It was either Cooktown ( before bitumen ) but I think even a lot further, I just can't recall.

Anyway he gets to the area or campground where his mate was staying. Absolutely pissing down. He finds the ranger and asks where "Bill" ? lives.

The ranger steps outside to direct him, still pissing down. He looks at this blokes ute and asks if he had just got here in that ( I mean of course ) then asks if he drove past or through "such and such massive puddle " down the road kinda thing. Yes of course. Ranger says he's pulled out three 4X s that day already. Bloke was in an ordinary Falcon Ute. He just drove right up on the side of the puddle ( probably a lake really.....) and got past it.

Common sense isn't so common, and yeah too many people head out into places that they're unaware of the dangers that are possible or the skills that could come in handy.