Debris on the road

Paparazzo

Often while driving I notice stuff on the road that if hit while driving a bike, could be nasty. Bits of old truck tyres, big rocks, dead animals, bits of metal, etc. I know a guy that hit a dead fox on his 3 month old GSX 600 and came off:eek: .
I almost hit one of those metal things that are used to tighten straps on the back of trucks. Almost hit a brick a couple of times.
Surely when driving, at night especially, someone has had one of these accidents?

lord lucan

its the bits of hard cement that fall from the back of cement trucks that wreck my head,grand if its the road you regularly commute on but a pain in the arse if you're on unfamiliar territory,can catch you unawares especially as its always in the middle of the lane!

The Doktor

Muck and ****e that farmers leave on the road when exiting fields/yards is my pet hate. Sepcially when theres lines of ****e for a mile along a road. Slippy as fcuk!
Also builders are great at leavin heaps of mud on the roads... shootin is too good for em!:mad:

Garibaldi

Is there not some (unenforced) law about trucks leaving a building site having to wash their wheels? Or am I thinking of everywhere else in Europe?

Pigeon Reaper

I think I know the fox fellow. Did a bit of damage to the fairings. He is a wee bit of a speed merchant though. The roads can be filthy with rocks mud etc. I just take it handy if I can't see the surface ahead.

Slaanesh

There's a section of road on my commute that is covered by farmer ****e. The first time coming round the corner the back wheel slid. Now it's even worse so I have to slow way down. Saw tractors working in the field last night and was tempted to pull in and give out ****e.

Interceptor

Potholes have to be the worst - I destroyed an alloy on my car in a hole which would have thrown me off the bike. I narrowly missed a shoebox sized hole on the exit of a roundabout on Monday and the bike was banked at the time. [sarcasm on]I suppose its the price we have to pay for living in such a wonderful country [\sarcasm off]

'cptr

Steffano2002

Garibaldi wrote:

Is there not some (unenforced) law about trucks leaving a building site having to wash their wheels? Or am I thinking of everywhere else in Europe?

LOL

selephonic

Garibaldi wrote:

Is there not some (unenforced) law about trucks leaving a building site having to wash their wheels? Or am I thinking of everywhere else in Europe?

I think it depends on the actual site, think it's called dusting, but as you say, unenforced.

Garibaldi

Or if the truck has Teflon wheels.