This is a couple of miles down the road from me.
A few points;
EVERYONE knows it gets deep after rain, it’s not signposted as a main route – it’s a short cut that I would use more often except that I have eyes and some common sense, the depth marker is bright yellow FFS.
The taxi is from Mansfield which is only a few miles away, and the driver will know the reputation of the ford (did I mention EVERYONE knows it gets deep?) if it was my way of earning a living I would not be risking it for the sake of about 1 extra mile to Ollerton.
If some tit in a Land Rover is enough to pressure you to drive into a deep ford then do tailgaters make you speed? Take responsibility for your actions Shirley?
Mostly the footbridge is populated by kids wanting to be splashed during holidays and weekends, rather than a sinister group of youtubers.
Any local who hasn’t sorted out a business towing twits out with a tractor is missing a trick.