What should I do- Truck shitting all over the place

[rocketman1]

Councils have heaps of By-Laws but fail to act on 99% of them Bloody hopeless really.(Did you get his registration number) sorry there is nothing we can do then.....But his company was !!! 'sorry without a registration number' and on it goes..

Yeah I got his registration number, and have reported it.

[rocketman1]

Councils have heaps of By-Laws but fail to act on 99% of them Bloody hopeless really.(Did you get his registration number) sorry there is nothing we can do then.....But his company was !!! 'sorry without a registration number' and on it goes..

Yeah I got his registration number, and have reported it.

[duckonin]

This thread which is a serious issue seems to of gone POOF into the air only to be forgotton untill the next rant ..

10days back I sent an email to B.R.O.N.Z. about this matter still no reply from them, amd yes I am a member..

Come on B.R.O.N.Z. You want to be the bikers advocate then front up...

[red mermaid]

Mmm...thought this may happen.

A leader of BRONZ is great at chucking it at the Police but I think he needs to tidy his own house first and get that in order.

Perhaps you could also try a letter to your local MP and get the ball rolling that way.

FYI, a change to the definition of load under the Land Transport Act 1998, Section 2 (Interpretation) is what you would be seeking, and the removal of subsection (c), as below;

load—
(a) includes part of a load; and
(b) includes covers, ropes, ties, blocks, tackles, barrows, or other equipment or object used in the securing or containing of loads on vehicles or the loading or unloading of vehicles, whether or not any other load is on the vehicle; but
(c) does not include animal wastes discharged from animals being carried on a vehicle at the time

[muzz]

Its not the animal wastes discharged from animals being carried on a vehicle its the discharge from tanks on said vehicles that is the problem. You cant stop an animal from shitting between the railings on the vehicle. Its lazy drivers dumping there tanks. There are a lot of discharge points around. Im a truck driver and I see a lot of this happening and it annoys the hell out of me.

[Bald Eagle]

Its not the animal wastes discharged from animals being carried on a vehicle its the discharge from tanks on said vehicles that is the problem. You cant stop an animal from shitting between the railings on the vehicle. Its lazy drivers dumping there tanks. There are a lot of discharge points around. Im a truck driver and I see a lot of this happening and it annoys the hell out of me.

Or is it that they are too lazy to have dumped their tanks and its actually effluent tank overflow, cos they too full of shit ?

[muzz]

Or is it that they are too lazy to have dumped their tanks and its actually effluent tank overflow, cos they too full of shit ?

yea that too. Farmers that dont stand their stock and stress on the animals will make them shit more and tanks can fill up pretty quickly.
It's when you drive past a dump point and a couple of k's down the road you climb a hill and you see them dumping on the run as they climb. thats a problem.

[Jantar]

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.

I am unable to find such exemption; The relevent section of the Act (Land Transport Act 1998 No 110 (as at 01 December 2009)) says:

Loads transported by vehicles to be secured
A person operating a motor vehicle on a road, and any person loading that vehicle, must ensure that any load carried in or on the vehicle, or in or on a vehicle being towed by the vehicle driven by the operator, is secured and contained in such a manner that it cannot fall or escape from the vehicle.

Can you point to the exemption?

Edit: I saw your later post on the definition of a load, and have now found it. thanks for that.

[duckonin]

I am unable to find such exemption; The relevent section of the Act (Land Transport Act 1998 No 110 (as at 01 December 2009)) says:



Can you point to the exemption?

I also am interested in the answer before knocking on a M.P's door, which I shall do, but first I must have all of my Q's and A's flawless

[rocketman1]

This thread which is a serious issue seems to of gone POOF into the air only to be forgotton untill the next rant ..

10days back I sent an email to B.R.O.N.Z. about this matter still no reply from them, amd yes I am a member..

Come on B.R.O.N.Z. You want to be the bikers advocate then front up...

I have a reply from the police, they thanked me for my concern and report of this truck, they are following up my report and will get back to me.
I was interested to note that I followed the same truck up the hill again last Tuesday. Guess what, truck full of cows, no shit coming out. Hmmmmm?