Sh1te

goblin59 wrote: »

pretty sure you bring that up with your local council.
I'd alert the garda though just so they can at least put out warning signs

Thought about doing that, but it looks like a persistent problem, so theyre hardly unaware. A blind eye is being turned, I'd say.

Interslice wrote: »

Skryne/Dunsany area was very bad. Tonnes of soil pulled out into the roads by farmers. Very bad even by meath standards.

Even by Meath standards!

I think everywhere outside urban centres is affected by the ever-present cow sh1te. Apart from the danger to road users, I honestly don't understand how people in the countryside can live with it.

Del2005 wrote: »

If people don't report it then it'll stay the way it is, even if they don't action it if someone else crashes then they can chase up the council and the farmer for not fulfilling their duties. There was a thread in the cycling forum where someone had slid on gravel and crashed their bike, after a bit it turned out that their friend had a close shave in the same place the week before but never reported it so nothing was done.

OK. You've guilted me into it, so rather than whinge on the Internet I've reported it to the Garda. They said it was a council matter, so I also reported it to SDCC, who said they'd get back to me.

It's been a persistent issue there, so let's see if there's any movement on it.

However, even if this instance is addressed, the problem of dangerous substances being left on roads is a long-term, national one. Maybe the RSA, who are always on about the danger of motorcycling, could make a point of tackling offending industries and farmers.

PMU wrote: »

farmers are well aware of their responsibilities in this area and most will clear muck and debris when the job is finished. motorists should be aware on country
roads in wet weather that soil etc are an unavoidable hazard at times and to show due caution . no one wants to dirty the roads here ,but life`s not perfect

The hazards are not unavoidable. They are clearly present and persistent on many roads. And much more so than they used to be.

In spite of the RSA's example, many motorcyclists don't need to be preached at to take care on roads, wet or dry. Not all accidents are motorcyclists' fault. We are entitled to expect that quarries, builders and farmers are not allowed to make debris, muck and slurry something that is normal and that has to be lived with on the road, as you suggest.

Farmers have to farm, and I'm sure there are many who are conscientious about road safety. But that doesn't mean the others have a licence to leave lethal surprises around every other bend on public roads. If that's an extra burden, well, as you say, life is not perfect, but life and limb is more precious than the convenience of people leaving stuff on roads that doesn't belong there.

Apart from the clear dangers, and the unholy stink, I also object to having to ride through cow ****e, pesticides, fertiliser and who knows what else, and to have to clean it off my bike and my clothes later.

Muahahaha wrote: »

I know the stretch of road outside Kilsaran you are on about OP and yeah it is a joke at times. It seems because bikers are a small minority some quarries dont even think of the dangers they are creating.



yeah there is a stack of quarries all along the n81 and some of the sh1te they bring on to the roads is unreal, in winter its like driving across an ice rink in some spots. Theres one quarry where I see a washer truck cleaning up outside which Im presuming the council are making them do it because I doubt they are doing it out of their own volition. What I dont get is why they dont just powerwash the wheels of these heavy construction trucks as they are leaving the site instead of employing a washer truck to clean up the sh1t when really all its doing is spreading it around.

You're right. It's endemic. I see some sites making an effort to clean trucks and surrounding areas, but the roads are just full of it. Even this morning in Loughlinstown I skidded on a bicycle, right beside an overtaking car, on a load of gravel dropped by a truck. There was nothing I could do about it because I was boxed in and if I pulled my brakes it would have made matters worse.

We hear these chilling stories of road fatalities on bikes and motorbikes all the time, usually with little detail, and we dutifully register our RIPs here. How many of them are due to crap left on the road surface by someone too busy to clean it up?

This from two days ago (Facebook link) -- rider off due to road being covered in mud. Absolutely disgraceful, but no different from rural roads here.

Official release from Whiteknights Communications:
Whiteknights Yorkshire Blood Bikes regretfully announce that whilst delivering medication to a patient in the Filey area this morning, one of our Advanced Qualified volunteer riders was involved in an incident.
Between 8:30 and 9am this morning in foggy weather conditions, our rider John, encounted a road treacherously covered in mud. This resulted in him losing control of the FJR1300 Yamaha Blood Bike and resulted in a crash.
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We would like to express a word of caution to fellow motorcyclists to take care on rural roads that have been subject to heavy agricultural use in recent days.
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