text: Just for info - there are map styles that'll show this as "something different to a footpath".  I've just checked in a change to one I maintain that shows fords on footways and bridleways by overlaying a grey line:
  https://github.com/SomeoneElseOSM/SomeoneElse-style/commit/5292939f5eb696b87e854ad729588cf296939e98
  For various technical reasons its not (yet) possible to make the same sort of change to OSM's standard style, but I bet there are other maps that show it.