Learner’s Permit, new JLU and fire hydrant

[Kingpre]

As I understand it, modern hydrants are designed to break away from the base with enough force. They also have an emergency shut off that prevents the geyser that you see in movies, or crashes from years ago. I could be wrong though, and completely misunderstanding what i was told. I'm not a firefighter so maybe one of them could chime in.
Looking at the damage on the Jeep she didn't hit it with near enough force to break the hydrant. Certainly lucky though, because if she had it would likely be expensive. Not only for property damage, but for vehicle damage that likely would have occurred too.

Depending on what part of the country you’re in, the hydrant may be “wet” or “dry”. I’m in philly and due to the cold we have “dry” hydrants that keep the water in the main below ground. The hydrant itself won’t get water unless you open the stem, to prevent freezing. A “wet” hydrant would shoot water if it was knocked over.

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[Shooting or Jeeping]

Verdict: is that officially considered off-roading? Of pavement, climbing obstacles, end the day with some slight damage...

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

Not as bad as I was thinking it was going to be when I read what happened.

I too have been teaching my daughter to drive the manual in the Rubi, in time it will be great. It’s something that almost all her friends and future friends just don’t ever learn. I believe it will make her a better driver because she will be more aware and have to think and focus on driving more.
Hopefully this doesn’t discourage your daughter from learning, so good luck on the teaching, I think it’s great. Mine is still trying to master the hills

I’m right there with you. My son has been learning on my Rubi for the past few weeks. Last night I let him drive in traffic for the first time. 5 miles with lots of stop lights and intersections, but no stalls! He did shift to neutral instead of 4th and revved the hell out of my engine, but all in all it wasn’t as much of a white knuckle experience as I was expecting. Good times!

 

[OldGuyNewJeep]

As I understand it, modern hydrants are designed to break away from the base with enough force. They also have an emergency shut off that prevents the geyser that you see in movies, or crashes from years ago. I could be wrong though, and completely misunderstanding what i was told. I'm not a firefighter so maybe one of them could chime in.
Looking at the damage on the Jeep she didn't hit it with near enough force to break the hydrant. Certainly lucky though, because if she had it would likely be expensive. Not only for property damage, but for vehicle damage that likely would have occurred too.

A man in Florida veered off the road into a fire hydrant — and then drowned

http://amp.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/national/article150007622.html

 

[Skubaa]

I make my husband teach my son in his crv. I told him you can get another one tomorrow. Me and my Mojito not so much. My son’t first times around the block he definitely had the fire hydrant and a few mailboxes in his sights. Lol.

 

[americonium]

Do yourself a favor, get some sandpaper, knock that down a little and hit it with some Rust-Oleum.

 

[Shots]

... I too have been teaching my daughter to drive the manual... .....I believe it will make her a better driver because she will be more aware and have to think and focus on driving more....

I think this is sound logic. It's a great skill to have, and as you mentioned, it keeps her focused on driving because she has to shift gears rather than being able to mess with other distractions. Not only that but it ties up both hands (one for the wheel, one for the stick) so she won't be able to have a phone in them. That's got to help too.

Depending on what part of the country you’re in, the hydrant may be “wet” or “dry”. I’m in philly and due to the cold we have “dry” hydrants that keep the water in the main below ground. The hydrant itself won’t get water unless you open the stem, to prevent freezing. A “wet” hydrant would shoot water if it was knocked over.

Interesting. See, I knew someone with more knowledge could help me out. I never knew that there were 2 kinds. I'm sure here in N.E. Ohio we've got dry hydrants too.

A man in Florida veered off the road into a fire hydrant — and then drowned

Wow, I guess when your number is up, your number is up. Though I noticed in the article that they mentioned the safety valve too. I wonder if that's just the difference between a wet and dry hydrant, or if there is also a valve?

 

[Mjmi69]

was teaching my daughter to drive in my new JLU the other day. As we were backing out of the driveway, she got nervous, I yelled stop, and she hit the gas instead of the brake. We jumped the curb and landed on top of a fire hydrant. You have to see it to believe it. We had to remove the bumper end cap to get the Jeep off the hydrant. We even had to jack it up to reach all of the bolts.

There is a scratch on the underside of the bumper I’m not too worried about and a few scratches on the tie rod (may have that part wrong). Anything else I should check out or be worried about on the Jeep? The teen driving is another forum. The Jeep handles like new and still drives straight as an arrow. Thanks in advance.

What a great memory, you will talk about that for years and laugh about it with her children. My dad and I drove on Kent State Property one night when he was teaching me to drive, we hit a skunk in his brand new car.

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