What should I do- Truck shitting all over the place

[rocketman1]

I was in the cage travelling Hamilton to Tauranga up the Kaimais today.
Nearing the top on the windy bits was the stock truck, dropping effluent out the back like a stream of shit all over the road, heaps of it. Had Waharoa Trans pt on the door
I took the licence plate number and phoned *555 to report the bugger.
Was told by the man on the end that he didnt think it was an offence to pour shit all over the road.
I told if I hit that shit on my motorbike I would be off.
He said he would log my call and see what happens
I got a call back a lady saying I should officially lay a complaint and gave me web site to go to.l

Asking you guys ... What should I do is worth pursuing or will I get fobbed off.

I know alot bikers hammer this road over the weekend, I would hate see someone fall off on this shit.

[MadDuck]

Phone the company that he is driving for. Tell them you are going to lay a formal complaint with the police.

Meantime lay a complaint on the website. Dont let them fob you off.

[98tls]

Phone the company that he is driving for. Tell them you are going to lay a formal complaint with the police.

Meantime lay a complaint on the website. Dont let them fob you off.

What he/she said,fwiw if it was that bad why didnt you tell him yourself?

[Fatt Max]

Phone the company that he is driving for. Tell them you are going to lay a formal complaint with the police.

Meantime lay a complaint on the website. Dont let them fob you off.

Yep yep yep, do exactly that.

The company / driver is creating a serious motoring hazard by letting this shit get on the road, same as a truck leaking diesel everywhere.

Go for it mate, complain like buggery cos that is not right.

Well done for phoning through, a great start....

[red mermaid]

If the truck had stock on there is no offence, as stock effluent is specifically exempt from the requirements of the loading code for HMV's.

If it was coming from a holding tank there maybe an offence.

[MadDuck]

If the truck had stock on there is no offence, as stock effluent is specifically exempt from the requirements of the loading code for HMV's

So I maybe thick or summit. You are telling me it is legal for these companies to dump effluent all over the road so an unsuspecting member of public on a bike or in a car can skid on it and crash?

[98tls]

If the truck had stock on there is no offence, as stock effluent is specifically exempt from the requirements of the loading code for HMV's.

If it was coming from a holding tank there maybe an offence.

Load of bollocks really eh.We get a lot of it down here in hicksville,followed one for a few kms in the ute once when heading down to Hampden to go fishing,fucker had an endless river of shit spewing onto the road in front of us so when surprisingly he stopped outside the somewhat famous Hampden fish n chippy for a feed we parked up at the beach turn-off grabbed a bucket out of the back of the ute and all pissed in it then pulled up in front of the truck and threw it over his windscreen much to his dismay.

[trailblazer]

If the truck had stock on there is no offence, as stock effluent is specifically exempt from the requirements of the loading code for HMV's.

If it was coming from a holding tank there maybe an offence.

If any of that crap went onto your car the company in question is liable for getting your car cleaned or polished. The acid in cow crap causes steel to corrod just look how rusty the underside of a farmers ute is. I have polished alot of cars over the years that has had cow crap over it all paid for by the transport company.

[Cayman911]

Ah that sickens me and pisses me off. i see that alot. especially with this one truck carrying saw dust or some shit. created a bloody sand storm behind it.

and do share that website of yours

[soundbeltfarm]

alot of the time the trucks lose all the shit because the farmers dont hold the stock before loading them onto the truck to empty them out.
i am not sticking up for the truck as i cant stand getting covered either but that is the normal reason they will use and at this time of year when all the heifer shifts are on they wont stop to empty their effluent tanks that the trucks have.so dont just blame the trucks for all that shit, alot of farmers are to blame too for not emptying stock out and no i am not a truck driver i am a farmer.

[Mudfart]

i have seen effluent dumping stations on the sides of roads though? I thought that was where they HAD to dump it, and dumping it on the road WAS an offense?

[That looks like fun]

Look on the left hand side of the road going up most major hills, all you see is a solid stream of cow shit Stock truck drivers think that the rest of the world needs to harden up as its only shit.
I have heard all the excuses "the farmers don't stand their stock Blah blah blah". At present the way the POLICE (not the law) operate is that if the truck is full of cattle they will not prosecute, if the effluent is coming from an empty unit they might
Forget all the slippery road corrosive stuff, shit is a Class 6.2 (infectious) Substance . It don't matter who's arse it comes from thats what it is so why do we tolerate it from cows? It can be stopped from getting onto the roads by good truck design and good drivers doing the job properly. The shit I described earlier lining the left hand side of most hills is caused by an illegal act, Stock truck drivers fail to wash out after unloading or even worse some fit air valves to the drain taps for the holding tanks and open them as they drive along the road in the dark.
Sure they will say there are not enough places they can leggaly drain the tanks, ask them to explain why the hill out of Te Kuiti is a sea of shit at present when the trucks have just left an Abbotoir with a wash out facility. Same for the Napier Taupo, same for Mt Messenger.
Stock truck drivers need to get there heads out of Farmers arses and stop thinking "oh its only cow shit" and start doing their job. Just because cows make a lot of money for this country doesnt mean we have to put up with evrything they produce.

[red mermaid]

Dont blame the drivers...it is a specific exemption in law that stock effluent is not considered part of the load for an insecure load offence, only while the vehicles are carrying stock, and not from the holding tanks.

Part of the problem is farmers. They are supposed to stand their stock 24 hours before cartage but the stories we are told do not back this up.

The exemption was given because of lobbying from farmer and transport companies. If its considered that much of a serious problem get BRONZ to get off there backside and do some lobbying, in conjunction with local authorities who have the problem of seal deteriation, and get the law changed.

I'm not excusing the behaviour of these transport operators, or trying to make an excuse for me not doing my job (as it is my area of expertese and work in police), I'm just explaining the way it is, and as I said before if you don't like it lobby to get it changed.

[duckonin]

Napier-Taupo road was really bad last Friday= shit everywhere on most corners that was from one end to other, had it been drizzling there may of been a lot of opps's, most of the problem is the lazy fat mutts that drive the trucks, to tired to check their tanks, farmers sure do create some of the problem but not all of it, the person in control after the farm (truckie) spreads it on the road.

This problem has been around since stock trucks were invented, they were made 20 years back to have tanks in their trucks to help but still the problem exists, a law does need to be passed making it an offence to contaminate a road it is a safety issue..

[red mermaid]

So kick your lobby groups into action and start lobbying.

Its not only safety, try living in a small town with a roundabout in the middle near a meat works and get a whiff of the spillage as they drop some of their load going round the roundabout.

Sooner you start the better as it will require an amendment to the Land Transport Act and that could require years to go through Parliament.

Napier-Taupo road was really bad last Friday= shit everywhere on most corners that was from one end to other, had it been drizzling there may of been a lot of opps's, most of the problem is the lazy fat mutts that drive the trucks, to tired to check their tanks, farmers sure do create some of the problem but not all of it, the person in control after the farm (truckie) spreads it on the road.

This problem has been around since stock trucks were invented, they were made 20 years back to have tanks in their trucks to help but still the problem exists, a law does need to be passed making it an offence to contaminate a road it is a safety issue..