A very shallow drain set into a road or other surface.
the kangaroo jumped over the table drain straight into my front wheel
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Once you lose control altogether and slide into the table drain beside the road you are exposing your vehicle to much wetter and deeper mud in the drain.
I drove in the table drains as much as possible, avoiding the crown of the road and its teeth-rattling corrugations.
Most of Australia's rural road network is in relatively easy terrain with ample road reserve, and in such conditions flat table drains can be readily provided.
Seed dispersal through canola dribbling off the back of a truck and growing in table drains will have an impact.
Increased efforts should be focused on improved maintenance of roadside drainage structures, such as table drains and cut-offs.
Further works completed to date have been on the existing drainage network and include cleaning out of open table drains and installation of a new culvert.