I’m pretty sure people have to pay tbh. Plus the car is a write off and the insurance companies don’t pay out. As it’s not particularly life threatening I think they just allow people to roll the dice
Reynisfjara beach in Iceland. It has black sands and impressive basalt columns so it's popular with tourists. However it also has dangerous currents and sneaker waves that can rush in out of nowhere and take people. We were warned by the tour guide before we got out of the bus in the car park to not go in the water, not go around the end of the cliff as the yellow warning light was on and never turn your back on the ocean so you had time to run if a sneaker wave came in. Still saw a bloke mid calf deep in the water with his back to the sea, taking pictures of the basalt columns. I did shout and tell him to come out but he said that was the best place to get his pictures. Idiot!
RNLI volunteers from Seahouses were among emergency services attending 28th August 2025 Two people have been rescued after their car was cut off by the tide as they tried to cross a causeway. RNLI volunteers and the coastguard were alerted to reports of adults stranded on the roof of a submerged vehicle at Holy Island, Northumberland, at 17:40 BST on Wednesday. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c36jl8www49o.amp
Must be time for automatic barriers, huge red lights, huge'' closed for high tide'' signs ----- and a huge sign saying £ thousands for recovery and fine.
That beach I mentioned before in Iceland has traffic lights. I saw a news report from during the week saying the red light was on so the beach was closed due to the dangerous waves. It was still full of tourists taking photographs
Another one bites the dust. 22nd October, 2025 Two people needed to be rescued from a causeway after their delivery van broke down and became surrounded by rising tide waters. The pair were stranded on the Holy Island crossing in Northumberland shortly after 14:30 BST on Tuesday, where the sea was expected to reach 4.7m (15ft) at high tide and the water temperature was about 10C. They managed to get the van close to the refuge hut where they waited for rescue by the Seahouses RNLI team. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2ngpv44lwo.amp
The lads at Seahouses RNLI are constantly called out. There really needs to be bigger fines for those ignoring the crossing times.
If your vehicle breaks down, theres not a lot most of us can do about it wherever it happens. And the Island does need to have Delivery Vans calling! Personaly, I'd forgive this one.
How cynical Take consolation in the thought that if the Van wasn't broken down before they vacated it, it would have been by the time it was recovered
I've every sympathy if they genuinely broke down on that one mile stretch, that's seriously bad luck. The difference insurance-wise is enormous. If they can prove it was a genuine vehicle fault their insurance company may pay out. If, however, they knowingly took a risk, flooded the electrics and swamped the van they’ll probably get nothing. Even worse, if they were actually to blame and made a false claim they might be done for fraud … … intriguing.
