 The water comes up pretty quickly. You can actually wash your car down the wash, down the river, down the ravine, and you can get trapped there. And that also provides a danger for the rescuers who now have to navigate this dangerous situation to try to rescue you. And unfortunately, it happens every year that there's a loss of life because rescuers can't get to people in time. Mullins says they have seen fewer motorists driving through barricaded low-water crossings over the last several years, but their goal is to have no one do it.