Hi Folks
Just been out on the bike before it pours down later, came across a diesel spill down a main road for a good 3 miles or so, obviously a truck or something leaking. Does anyone know how I can report it and to whom? On a bike it's a significant hazard.
Cheers
Baz
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Yep - Police, asap! Report it as dangerous road surface ands explain why - they will have council attend and sign/clean up/sand.
This applies to gravel, potholes etc as well, any road hazard.
Do it now before some other biker finds it the hard way!
Regards
Neil
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Yes, report to the police, but do emphasize the safety issue very strongly. I reported fly-tipping to the police a few months ago and their interest was lukewarm until I had explained more than once that the stuff had been dropped along a quarter of of a mile of road (the unspeakable obviously drove along with his tipper up) and, among other things, left timber on the road with nails sticking up out of it.
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Yes, police asap.
In my experience this is one situation where they seem to respond quite quickly. It was not a diesel spill as such but a great quantity of small plastic beads spilled on a roundabout. This produced an effect similar to sheet ice! We came on the scene as 2 bikes had met these and had total traction failure, fortunately at low speed. After checking no-one was injured I rang police, managed to get through quickly and a patrol car was there within 10 mins.
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Is there a general number that avoids using 999 to report a similar road hazard? I've been out of the country for a couple of decades so I have a bit of catching up to do!
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e Prof
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A couple of years ago I was returning home on a lane which I use almost every day. I was taking a gentle bend at a moderate speed and all of a sudden I completely and utterly lost control of my Passat and it was only the fact that nothing was coming the other way, that I avoided a horrendous crash. I did report this to the council, but my theory is that there is a gravel quarry a few hundred metres away, and as this is the first bend their lorries come to after filling up, this is where the problem lies !
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Thanks folks, to update, I rang the local police station and reported it. Pretty helpful about it and was told they call out the council to assess/clear etc. Just drove the same road and I think the torrential rain this afternoon has helped flush it away. I wonder how many bikes come to grief on the stuff, a nasty problem that needs more publicity.
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I did it the other day:
www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?f=2&t=45...8
An hour later there was sand on the road.
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