diesel spill..worth reporting and to who?

[colnerov]

in an ideal world ir would blow up in a huge mushroom cloud and take the tennents with it

What have cans of lager done to you?

 

[ajlelectronics]

Highways England or the County Council Highways department are the relevant contacts for road hazards.

 

[Kram]

If its a residential road, local council. If its main road, county council/highways, although local council will likely send somone to look, possibly cone it off or put dust/sand on it, and bill county council for the work. They will atleast know who to contact.

I work for a local council at the moment.

Note that nothing happens outside the hours of 8am-2pm, and not much inside those hours either...

To be honest, I wouldnt bother. Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience, I wouldnt hesitate to ride through a fresh diesel spill. Engine oil however, does, highly dependant on tyres fitted.

 

[Migmac]

We reported my diesel spill to the council.

 

[dobbslc]

Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience

Wow! You must be straight lining it and being lucky!
I spun my Sierra on a diesel spill at a roundabout that sent me backwards up a duel carriageway.

 

[qwakers]

To be honest, I wouldnt bother. Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience, I wouldnt hesitate to ride through a fresh diesel spill. Engine oil however, does, highly dependant on tyres fitted.

i can definitely dispute that. the scars and what's left of the bike in my avatar would disagree....

in fact that's the most insane thing i've ever heard a fellow biker say.

 

[brightspark]

If its a residential road, local council. If its main road, county council/highways, although local council will likely send somone to look, possibly cone it off or put dust/sand on it, and bill county council for the work. They will atleast know who to contact.

I work for a local council at the moment.

Note that nothing happens outside the hours of 8am-2pm, and not much inside those hours either...

To be honest, I wouldnt bother. Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience, I wouldnt hesitate to ride through a fresh diesel spill. Engine oil however, does, highly dependant on tyres fitted.

you wouldnt be saying that after seeing a tanker go round a roundabout and drop a load of diesel on the road .a car and a few motorbikes off the road i love broadsiding and back end tailing out only im my stockcar .not on the main road traffic coming the other way like an ice ring

 

[pedrobedro]

To be honest, I wouldnt bother. Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience, I wouldnt hesitate to ride through a fresh diesel spill. Engine oil however, does, highly dependant on tyres fitted.

I was in the car and ran over a spill outside the local bus depot after a good rain shower, I ended up sideways on at the junction and the car behind was coming at me with his wheels locked up but just stopped a foot away from my side door. I dread seeing the rainbow on the road now and if I'd been on my bike I don't think I'd have been upright.

 

[ajlelectronics]

in fact that's the most insane thing i've ever heard a fellow biker say.

You and me both. I will ride throughout any weather conditions, but a diesel spill is a bridge too far.

 

[Kram]

Wow! You must be straight lining it and being lucky!
I spun my Sierra on a diesel spill at a roundabout that sent me backwards up a duel carriageway.

Not at all. See diesel all the time as theres a fuel station right on a roundabout here that is often covered in it. I did 100k+ miles of commuting on my cbr6
Riding smooth you have no problems. Seeing diesel and grabbing the brakes will see you on the asre.

Btw I quite like to saturate my chain in engine oil, keeps it very clean and flings the dirt off, lasts longer. A bit gears on the rear tyre but with good tyres a bit of oil is no problem either - cant do it with all tyres, some will spin up at the slightest hint of oil.

 

[Onoff]

My elder brother, BiL, 2 grown up nephews and mate at work are all bikers and all go on...and on about diesel patches. You'll never get me on one btw.

Anyway...let's all calm down before the thread gets personal and locked.

Christmas is coming and that's stressful enough.

 

[E T]

To be honest, I wouldnt bother. Diesel doesnt cause any issues for motorbikes in my experience, I wouldnt hesitate to ride through a fresh diesel spill. Engine oil however, does, highly dependant on tyres fitted.

I agree with you that diesel is not as slippery as engine oil and you can drive through it when you spot it in time, but stating that it doesn't cause any issues for motorbikes is not true. A bit too much lean angle and your down. And I have experience with that.
On engine oil, hydraulic oil, or any other lubricant you can go down without any lean angle.