[mrlmd1]

There should be a culvert or something underneath the roadway to keep the water off the road. What happens in a major rainstorm, how deep does the water get, is it ever impassable? That's still a slippery hazard with an accident waiting to happen, even for cars, and sounds like either a poor design or an attempt to save money when the road was built.
The jab at Texas was a gentle jab, a joke, not personal - you saw the poke I put in there. I could add plenty of them for here in Florida. I don't think that kind of construction would be allowed or tolerated in other areas.