There is a small stream near my house. Every time it rains heavily, it floods, making the stretch of road, as well as another stretch further up the road, more treacherous to drive. As New Jersey was in the path of Irene, you can guess what happened. This time, the water rose higher than I've ever seen it go. In fact, it's started flooding our driveway, and was probably about three feet deep. On a road lined with ditches, and a one-lane bridge in the middle of it.
The DOT put up "Road Flooded" signs at our end, and presumably the other end, but that hasn't stopped drivers deciding to try their luck. I find it somewhat humorous to imagine the driver going "'Road Flooded?' Fuck that, I've got a 4x4! *Proceeds about three hundred feet, spies the now river-sized stream* Uhh, y'know what, I'll just take the highway..."
Of course, they then proceed to reverse almost all the way up the road to find a place to turn around, ignoring the not-flooded bit of our driveway, or the barn across the street from our house...