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Mud on the road – irresponsible farmers
Living in a rural area provides some great riding experiences, but the one thing I really hate at this time of year is the amount mud deposited on the roads from tractors. Its bad enough in the wet when it becomes a mud bath, but if allowed to dry the deposits are potential hazards to anything on two wheels (I’ve almost come a cropper on more than one occasion). A quick Google reveals that under the Highways Act 1980 it is an offence for farmers (or anyone else for that matter) to deposit mud and other things on the highway (S148), which could result in prosecution and a fine. Given that this is a regular occurrence where I live, the tractors clearly aren’t being cleaned properly as they should before taking to public roads, but I wouldn’t even know where to begin with regards raising it with someone. Anyone else ever had this problem?
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Yep, I pulled over for one of these when I saw it approaching in my mirror the other day. Possibly the most intimidating vehicle I've ever seen!
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All the time problem near me as we have loads of small farms, most of which don't give a toss about this. One puts up cardboard signs on a stick. Literally a large stick with brown cardboard and some marker pen. Of course this is near invisible even in daylight.
Annoying on a bicycle, potentially deadly on a motorbike.
For me at the moment, it was the torrential downpours of late, that flooded the roads with water that when that went, left the filth.
Some of the hilly bridleways were stripped to pebbly and chalk riverbeds, with pools of silt and horse poop in sections.
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