Cow shit!

[nighthawk]

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.

There will be nothing done about this until a member of your local government is affected by this, then watch the shit fly,(pun intended).
I have often been intrigued with one vehilce accidents on country roads and wondered if besides speed or alcohol the coating of merde in the early morning or late evening is a major contributor to the resulting event.
The popular theme from the Authorities is speed and alcohol because that fits with the current funding campaign.
Just my two cents....

[unstuck]

A couple of the trucking firms I have talked to about this issue have basically said get over it, they cant stop cows from shitting. Money talks i guess, and cows are money.We have a couple of effluent disposal stops down this way but rarley see them being used.Have just gotten action from the council on another matter after getting the local paper involved,so will be talking to the reporter again tomorrow to see if we can get some sort of name and shame pictures printed in the paper or something.Would not be hard to stand at some of these trouble spots and get a few pics of these trucks spewing shit all over the road.

[Oblivion]

A couple of the trucking firms I have talked to about this issue have basically said get over it, they cant stop cows from shitting. Money talks i guess, and cows are money.We have a couple of effluent disposal stops down this way but rarley see them being used.Have just gotten action from the council on another matter after getting the local paper involved,so will be talking to the reporter again tomorrow to see if we can get some sort of name and shame pictures printed in the paper or something.Would not be hard to stand at some of these trouble spots and get a few pics of these trucks spewing shit all over the road.

Thats the typical response that you would get from any of these firms. They think that they can get away with it because no one cares that they are doing it, or even that they can complain about it since it is illegal. The more you hassle them without any support, the less likely any change is going to be made.

[Geeen]

Just as a heads up the next day or so are gunna be more noticeable for this as tomorrow is June 1st, contract changeover for rural NZ, so lots of Herds going to new farms either by truck or walking. Take care out there.

[jaffaonajappa]

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

Spent three years as a cow cockey straight out of school. Good memories. Good healthy work ethics created too. Still remember the first wet cow patch I ran over on a trike at speed - but by that time id learnt what cow shit was about. Was the acidic cow piss that slowly started to stuff up my skin, but the docs reckoned it was the milk. hmmmm.

But moving stock on the roads.
Yep, its a danger to motorists. Both the stock themselves, and their crap.

What is it going to take to fix it? Money. Either the farmers will pay, or the general taxpayer will fund. Its an election year -but arguably too late in the year to get something sorted out in time. And the country (non biking perhaps? debatable?) is more focused on funding Chch, Education, and Health. Soon, I hope we do a check on how the governemtns stripping its public sector to the bones.....but the pain from that might still be a year away. Ooops....I wandered.....yep, its a danger to motorists. But is there a solution we can afford right now?

[Old Steve]

I came through the Ohinewai, Tahuna road on Sunday. While I didn't strike a stock truck, I did notice that my visor got covered with the insect life drawn to fields sprayed with manure and spreading out over the road. I stopped at Tahuna, and again at Waharoa, to clean my visor.

This visual impairment was only noticeable on the Tahuna Road. My headlight was a real mess when I got home.

[Squiggles]

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[baptist]

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

For a minute I thought you was going to ask Mom to put it in a pie for you.

You guys have my sympathy, I don't ride near farms but in the UK had a few nasty situations with cows and what they leave on the road , lazy couldn't care a toss attitudes from farmers and truckies could end up killing someone.

[avgas]

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

Nah they just cruise the coro loop and tell us from the telemetry it looks like a road.

[Fatt Max]

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.

Hang on a minute now,

The MSAC have been set up to deal with safety issues on our roads that affect motorcyclists. Now, us 'whinging townies' are finding a bit of common ground in so much that there are quite a few who have been affected and want to see something positive done about it.

So, why dont we challenge the MSAC to take up and address what is a bone fide road safety issue. Remember, they have the call on the $30 we pay in and they represent motorcyclists.......

Thats my $0.02 (of $30 as the case may be).....

[jellywrestler]

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.

Worst weekend of the year this one being Gypsy weekend too.
Watch out for it

[martybabe]

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

Yay a thread about shit just for me .

Acshully, I just remembered whynotslow was telling me about avoiding back roads in June, annual change farm month or something ? The thing is, my particular herd of moo cows were strolling along SH3 for almost 10k! dropping shit and piss for miles, how is this allowed.
Also it looked like a major undertaking for the utes and bikes, over that distance on a major highway causing mayhem for traffic and spreading muck everywhere surely a truck would have been a better bet. I know nothing about these things but, I may live rural but I don't liverural. Big bastards when they surround your bike eh.

[Mom]

Hang on a minute now...

Now, us 'whinging townies' are finding a bit of common ground in so much that there are quite a few who have been affected and want to see something positive done about it.

Speak for yourself mate, I am a whinging country gal up here. I have whinged to the best of them over the years about cow shit, I have been quoted in rural newspapers blasting the practice of dumping shit on our roads...

Oh, I doubt the MS what its name will be wanting to do anything about shit either.

[Oleg]

That all sounds waaaay to familiar. Got stuck behind tree truck. felt uncomfortable overtaking. bad idea. got force fed through an open visor. look at the bright side - got a free dark green tint on the bike......

[jtzzr]

Walking through the beehive probably has the same effect, (Can you imagine the bullshit you have to go through, at least it`s not knee deep on the roads).
I`m with you 100% MOM.