Cow shit!

[Mom]

Fucken Cow Shit!

Filthy, Corrosive, Offensive, Diseased, Disgusting, Slippery, Dangerous, Shit!

I am over it, totally and completely over it. It stinks, it damages road surfaces and paintwork, nothing is harder to see through than a film of green shit being thrown up from the vehicle in front on your visor, at night, on wet roads!

My campaign against stock trucks dumping shit on the roads starts now! I should say it regains momentum

It is illegal, but a real problem. Truckies blame farmers for not hold stock overnight in yards to "empty", then there is the lack of dump points.

The best they can do is leave a filthy trail of green, foul and disgusting shit on our roads. It is high time that this issue is addressed.

[jaffaonajappa]

Yummm. Hamburgers

Ooops. Yep, agreed. Its going to cause accidents.....preventable ones. (Where katman when ya need him?)

Has this been raised with our new fandangled motorcylicng $30 a year thingy group?

[awa355]

Fucken Cow Shit!

Filthy, Corrosive, Offensive, Diseased, Disgusting, Slippery, Dangerous, Shit!

I am over it, totally and completely over it. It stinks, it damages road surfaces and paintwork, nothing is harder to see through than a film of green shit being thrown up from the vehicle in front on your visor, at night, on wet roads!

My campaign against stock trucks dumping shit on the roads starts now! I should say it regains momentum

It is illegal, but a real problem. Truckies blame farmers for not hold stock overnight in yards to "empty", then there is the lack of dump points.

The best they can do is leave a filthy trail of green, foul and disgusting shit on our roads. It is high time that this issue is addressed.

Hang on!!! It's only stewed grass,, Dont tell me you dont support NZ's green image.

[Geeen]

There's nothing like the smell of cowshit on a hot exhaust, oh the memories
But yes it is a Bastard of a thing to hit unexpectedly.

[Mom]

Yummm. Hamburgers

Ooops. Yep, agreed. Its going to cause accidents.....preventable ones. (Where katman when ya need him?)

Has this been raised with our new fandangled motorcylicng $30 a year thingy group?

No idea, but they are not in the business of dealing with cow shit, they are busy meeting, and talking, and writing policy, and testing things and generally being very busy doing good work and meeting important deadlines, and launching websites etc.

Oh, and it is not going to cause accidents is DOES cause accidents, either as a result of lack of traction after riding into a shit slick, a lack of visibility after being blinded by the filthy green film of revoltingness, or a degredation of the road surface where cattle cross the road.

Seriously, if you have ever tasted cow shit and piss you would not joke about it...

Have you ever heard of leptospirosis? Comes from animal urine, that is part of the green liquid that comes out of stock trucks

[Mom]

Couldn't agree more, 36 years ago when they handed me my full license I read in the text that I was now an accomplished, experienced, expert rider

36 years later, I am astonished that they let me out on the streets with such a lack of understanding and lack of knowledge of the skills and mindset I needed to stay alive.

Passing your full test on a bike means you are entitled to ride a motorcycle on the roads, that's it, nothing more. It doesn't mean you are any good at it, it doesn't mean you won't cock it up at the first opportunity and every subsequent one come to think of it.

I have personally done and passed every conceivable motor vehicle training course ever devised over the years, high speed, low speed, skid pan, frangjipan. way too many to list or remember.

Despite all this training and despite 36 two wheeled years on the Tarmac, there is never a ride goes by where I don't learn something new, never a ride goes by where I don't try to improve my skills and observation (not always successfully), still, on the evolutionary scale of a motorcyclists journey, I am barely walking upright yet.

Humans design parameters specify a maximum cruising speed of 8KPH, we were never meant to pilot a big unstable lump of metal around at any speed, it ain't easy, it needs lots of training, practice and skill to accomplish, even to an OK standard.

PS; Today's lesson was: whilst it is OK to use a big 4x4 as a shield as 200+ beefies meander their way past you, moving off close behind a big 4x4 after 200+ beeffies have meandered their way past you, with your visor open is not OK, not unless you like being force fed a cow shit missile from the rear wheels of a 4x4.

Many apologies for cross quoting you Martybabe, but this thread is just for you

[Oblivion]

The smell you get when they truck sheep around is just as bad to be honest.

[Swoop]

I thought that "Hondas shat rainbows"???

[Maha]

I followed a stock truck through the Dome last week that was trailing effluent out the back. Not a lot to be honest but, I was about to *555. Decided against it because was a minimal amount. Looking back perhaps I should have, its the first time I have actually followed a truck while it was happening.

[Fatt Max]

Seriously, if you have ever tasted cow shit and piss you would not joke about it...

So, you've had one of my Mother In Law's roasts then....

[JMemonic]

Animal excrement on the road is admittedly never pleasant, locally we have sludge on the roads, human excrement mixed with sand, it dries on the road to a fine dust and well slippery does not describe it.

[unstuck]

Something I have been discussing with our local council for a couple of weeks now, and dont seem to be able to find anyone to take this issue seriously. We have 2 really bad problem areas in gore for this at the moment,both at roundabouts and one very close to the center of town on the heavy traffic bypass.The bridge out of town heading east towards balclutha and duneidin is just about completely green.Once we get a decent rain or frost this is going to be a real problem for motorists. Apparently there is not much the council or police can do at the moment, which seems a bit of a cop out to me.

[Maha]

I thought that "Hondas shat rainbows"???

Only the special ones....

[Mom]

Apparently there is not much the council or police can do at the moment, which seems a bit of a cop out to me.

Yeah, and that is what I have been told for years, and years and years. Lockwood Smith is my local MP, I used to write to him often about this issue, I have let it slide a bit recently, though the passion is still strong.

You are where? About as far from me as you can get, and it is an issue for you. I am picking it is an issue for lots of riders, betwen here and there. We should talk

[Fatt Max]

Seriously though, I hade my first bike v crap near miss a couple of weeks ago just outside Whitford.

Its the old 'road conditions' deal again on an accident report, so I assume there are no statistics to state how many accidents were attributed to this problem. Is it worth lobbying the police to review how accident scene reports are compiled.....didnt a few of us suggest that a while ago.....ho hum....

Cyclists, do they have the same issue? I am sure they do. Are they worth teaming up with?

At the end of the day if it is illeagal to dump the crap then us as citizens have the right to report it and start dobbing these bastards in....I believe that has been referred to as 'personal' action.

But hey, WTFDIK........