According to this item on CNN, two guys decided to do a Blues Brothers and jump their car over an open drawbridge. This happened in Texas, of course. They drove up to the barrier, the passenger got out and lifted the barrier, then got back in and they roared up the raised section at full speed. The car didn't jump, though. Instead it dove, straight into the water below. Both of these good old boys died in the water. Sometimes what seems like a good idea at the moment just isn't!