Cow shit!

**Old Steve** · 1st June 2011, 20:41

Stop moaning about it and log on to motonz.org.nz and enter a complaint in the "contact us" section.

At least there's someone there to read your compaints, your $30 is paying them. I contacted them about the tar bleeds on the Hikuai-Kopu road. I figure if I ever have a tar bleed induced accident on that road then I can give ACC bloody hell because I proactively warned MOTONZ about it.

**matdaymon** · 1st June 2011, 20:55

Sorry to skip 2 pages of thread but...

Don't forget the other stuff. Tis a lot harder to pick up on and makes YOU smell disgusting, normally long after the offending truck has been long overtaken so making a complaint isn't an option.
I turned up to uni one day after following one such truck along the motorway... wasn't a good look showing up to a class filled with hot Comm's girls smelling like piss

**jaffaonajappa** · 1st June 2011, 21:10

Originally Posted by matdaymon

wasn't a good look showing up to a class filled with hot Comm's girls smelling like piss

Tell them hotties that your now single, seems your Ex didnt like your leathers?
Might work for a day or two.....

**Shadows** · 2nd June 2011, 00:27

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by Oblivion

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.

If there's stock on the truck at the time, it isn't illegal for it to be spewing shit all over the road. Sad but true.

**unstuck** · 2nd June 2011, 06:10

Originally Posted by Shadows

If there's stock on the truck at the time, it isn't illegal for it to be spewing shit all over the road. Sad but true.

Thats what i keep getting told,but if I cart my digger or bulldozer around covered in mud I can be pulled over by the god squad and fined.

**Mom** · 2nd June 2011, 06:25

Originally Posted by 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.

Hey you! Far too, far too! And you have just given me a really cool idea

July, birthday month, be prepared for a trip north

**oldrider** · 2nd June 2011, 07:22

This shit scattering is getting worse because no one is accountable for it!

Stupid unpoliceable laws like, "cell phone use while driving", just quietly slip back into vogue and nobody does anything about it!

Cowshit all over the road is at it's peak at this time of the year!

**sinfull** · 2nd June 2011, 08:07

Sorry to say, but i'm one of the "get over it" crew !
Stock needs to be moved .

**oneofsix** · 2nd June 2011, 08:13

Originally Posted by sinfull

Sorry to say, but i'm one of the "get over it" crew !
Stock needs to be moved .

you a so right the stock does need to move BUT when you are trucking it things can and should be done to prevent the shit getting all over the roads.

**Fatt Max** · 2nd June 2011, 08:18

Originally Posted by Mom

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.

My attitude is lets challenge them on it. Its an issue, it is a danger and its offensive, all to motorcyclists. I am sure cyclists feel the same way, always liked the idea of getting that lot on board, the lycra louts would be good allies...?

At the very least it is worth a challenge to the MSAC, stir the shit up so to speak.

From what I read it sounds like a law change is required. Fine. Will the MSAC looby for that change on our behalf etc etc..? If not, why the fuck not etc etc.

**MrKiwi** · 2nd June 2011, 12:43

Just announced today

Operation Green Line
Operation Green Line’ coincides with the start of the ‘gypsy’ season, a two-month period across June and July when large numbers of stock are shifted from farm to farm.

MOTO NZ Chairperson, Dr Gareth Morgan, says although progress has been made on this issue it remains too common a hazard for road users and for motorcyclists it’s particularly dangerous.

We are launching an appeal to all road users to report spillages. “It’s not a case of dobbing in farmers or truck drivers – we’re after better data on the extent and location of these problems so we can work with the livestock industry to improve compliance with the guidelines,” says Morgan.

Motorcyclists – and car drivers - are encouraged to report any effluent spills by texting DUNG to 244 or they can go to the MOTO NZ website www.motonz.org.nz and file a quick report.

**Fatt Max** · 2nd June 2011, 12:50

Originally Posted by MrKiwi

Just announced today

Operation Green Line
Operation Green Line’ coincides with the start of the ‘gypsy’ season, a two-month period across June and July when large numbers of stock are shifted from farm to farm.

MOTO NZ Chairperson, Dr Gareth Morgan, says although progress has been made on this issue it remains too common a hazard for road users and for motorcyclists it’s particularly dangerous.

We are launching an appeal to all road users to report spillages. “It’s not a case of dobbing in farmers or truck drivers – we’re after better data on the extent and location of these problems so we can work with the livestock industry to improve compliance with the guidelines,” says Morgan.

Motorcyclists – and car drivers - are encouraged to report any effluent spills by texting DUNG to 244 or they can go to the MOTO NZ website www.motonz.org.nz and file a quick report.

Looks like a dung deal...

**MrKiwi** · 2nd June 2011, 12:52

yep, it's not bullsh!t either

**merv** · 2nd June 2011, 18:07

Every time I see the thread header for this I chuckle and keep thinking it should be a story about a rellie of cowpoos, but instead it really is about cow shit