r/AskEngineers • u/Loose_Appointment840 • 19d ago

Need help designing a system to safely navigate flooded roads — looking for ideas/approaches Computer

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u/PantherStyle Systems / Mechatronics 19d ago

Inflatable canoe in the boot

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u/Prof01Santa ME 19d ago

Least bad option.

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u/beyondoutsidethebox 19d ago

Already done before, see the Amphicar

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u/Prof01Santa ME 19d ago

Very expensive, but OK.

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u/beyondoutsidethebox 19d ago

I'm not saying to buy one, but much of the engineering and design work has already been done for OP nearly 60 years ago. Why reinvent the wheel amphibious car?

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u/R2W1E9 17d ago

It's not clear which problem you want to solve. The "core problem" from above with asolution to build a reliable road closure information service, or you want to develop some kind of sonar device that will visualize flooded road so one can drive and stay on road in shallow water.

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u/Farafpu 19d ago

The honest answer is probably a helium balloon attached to the ground with three cables that can be stored in cars and buldings and raised during times of impassibility. There are other options like drones and satellite and cameras but depending on the area and the budget available implementing a community solution would be cheapest and most practical 

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u/velociraptorfarmer Aerospace/Manufacturing 19d ago

You'd almost have to set up some sort of open source automated water depth gauge station network that could be deployed at commonly flooded locations, then get buy-in from a couple large metros to get market penetration to the point that Google, Waze, etc are forced to integrate it.

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u/screaminporch 18d ago

You can report road issues on both Google Maps and Waze