Big Truck:
Midnight Rambler:
nomiS36:
El Deano:
Mine’s has the handle of the carrier put over the passenger seat arm rest so it doesn’t even touch the floor of the truck.
Poshiest trucker yet.
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I lay claim to poshest trucker yet [emoji4]
What’s that strange thing between the bin & seat for 
I was actually looking at that and thinking
“What make of truck is that never have seen that shape of stick”■■?
Only the same as the three I’ve been driving past 4yrs!!![emoji15][emoji848]
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What you been driving with a proper gearbox?
Terry T:
I was fairly surprised to see this recently 
I guess when you gotta go you gotta go. Surely she could’ve gone up the bank like everyone else.
She might have been suffering from IBS or something, driving for miles with your brains melting, steering round pebbles, ect, phwewww, what a relief…
the nodding donkey:
I really don’t know what to say to this.
(J28 M1)
its just that time of year when all the vegetation has died back revealing all the rubbish. Another 6 weeks it will all be hidden again.
Here is an interesting thought concerning plastic waste; As most of us would agree the plastic waste that we see in the verges is pretty disturbing and it is obvious the mess we are making. But it is only the tip of the iceberg, a very very big iceberg, consider vehicle tyres; long gone are the days they were made from natural rubber, they are now made from a man made synthesized rubber that is basically a toxic plastic. As we drive our tyre wear and leave a microscopic plastic particles that will undoubtedly be washed into the gutter, then into the rivers and into the sea. It is estimate we produce about 40,000 tons of this tyre wear every year. It’s a bit of a waste of time worrying about a few plastic bottles.
(worldwide it is estimated a 1.6 million tons of tyre dust)
(tenth of a gram per vehicle mile)
I used to live in a street that was mainly victorian terraced houses , it was a funnel every time it was breezy and being one street back from the sea front it was breezy much of the time . Saturday,Sunday and Monday mornings our street was covered in rubbish , virtually all from fast food or takeaways and drinks containers . Mostly just discarded but some had been placed in the open topped street bins , only for the wind to blow rubbish out of the bins , add in urban foxes destroying black bags to get at food aided by Gulls spreading it all over the street .
Make all the fast food companies clear it up , they supplied it .
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grumpyken52:
I used to live in a street that was mainly victorian terraced houses , it was a funnel every time it was breezy and being one street back from the sea front it was breezy much of the time . Saturday,Sunday and Monday mornings our street was covered in rubbish , virtually all from fast food or takeaways and drinks containers . Mostly just discarded but some had been placed in the open topped street bins , only for the wind to blow rubbish out of the bins , add in urban foxes destroying black bags to get at food aided by Gulls spreading it all over the street .
Make all the fast food companies clear it up , they supplied it .
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Not to mention the increase in rats down to discarded fast food.
I live in the country, but the next town up has become affected with a big problem with rats in peoples houses.
I aint talking hovels either, there are some real class places up there, and expensive, one of my lads bought one last year, so far he’s managed to avoid the problem, having a dog helps.
The country has become one big crap hole, …it needs sorted.
I remember when a bloke with dustbins on a cart used to walk round the village where I used to live and he did the tidying up. He was then given one of those ‘Industrial’ hoovers but they couldn’t get to places where his old cart did so litter started to build up.
The bloke retired and the job was contracted out with one of those new fangled ‘sit in’ machines which then couldn’t get to where the industrial hoovers went, where, the Industrial hoover couldn’t get to where the cart could so guess what, more litter built up!
The ‘sit in’ machine has now gone due to more cutbacks so they just ‘target’ reported litter now with a transit van (other makes are available 
) so small amounts of litter now swirl around the streets.
My street see’s odd bits of litter from local fast food emporiums which I pick up because, litter just attracts litter in my experience.
is there any body from chesterfield on here that could tell me if they still have the horse and cart in the town centre collecting the rubbish?.
“Truck drivers will get the blame”
Well from a lifetime of experience it’s mostly truck drivers who do it, it sickens me to see the mess left by fellow drivers after parking overnight 
Such people are a disgrace to the industry, I feel shamed to associate with such ignorant pigs, it’s everywhere, it’s in the UK and here in the USA. I remember stopping at what was the BP truckstop on the A5 near Rugby once and there was an obviously human turd with loo paper on it next to the curb in the spot nearest to the building, just a short walk away. The worst I have seen in here in the USA, as I get near to a shipper we use the entire road leading to them is littered with rubbish and excrement, not forgetting bottles of urine.
I have to say that if I ever saw anyone dumping or otherwise I would not hesitate to record it and notify the police. I am not a grass but such animals need punishing.
GOG47:
Why couldn’t we use the habitual criminals that get “punished” with a community service sentence dressed up in hi-viz and get them out to clear up this country, put a sign up wherever they’re working explaining why they’re there, then maybe the public will have a bit more faith in the so-called justice system. Won’t hold my breath tho’ probably against they’re human rights!
I have seen this done in Kent on rural roads, they were wearing Hi-viz with Community Payback on the back of them, however I’ve only ever seen Council workers on clean up duties on major highways. Maybe that is an H&S thing, you can’t trust those on the scheme not to wander about and get themsleves run over.
Bluey Circles:
consider vehicle tyres; long gone are the days they were made from natural rubber, they are now made from a man made synthesized rubber that is basically a toxic plastic. As we drive our tyre wear and leave a microscopic plastic particles that will undoubtedly be washed into the gutter, then into the rivers and into the sea. It is estimate we produce about 40,000 tons of this tyre wear every year. It’s a bit of a waste of time worrying about a few plastic bottles.
(worldwide it is estimated a 1.6 million tons of tyre dust)
(tenth of a gram per vehicle mile)
Its something ive always thought about too, it all has to go somewhere but nothing is ever mentioned re tyre wear pollution…
Pat Hasler:
“Truck drivers will get the blame”
Well from a lifetime of experience it’s mostly truck drivers who do it,
I would disagree with that, its people from every walk of life, age and social level.
When I used to work near Tunbridge Wells the local rural roads were rat runs to get between the A21 and A26 avoiding the town, but due to the tight roads and low bridge it wasn’t used by many trucks, however the verges were still strewn with fast food wrappers, carrier bags and other litter thrown out of cars.
It’s a national disgrace and seems to be getting worse.
So are we all in agreement then that massive fines (to make this self financing) along with greatly increased enforcement is the way to solve this problem?
Years ago we had " lengthmen" on the council . Two men with a barrow with bins on cleaned an allocated area with brush and shovel . It was men nearing retirement , more or less light duties . We had several pairs of them to cover the town and the area was spotless , no litter or leaves blowing around . That was when there was civic pride .
TiredAndEmotional:
So are we all in agreement then that massive fines (to make this self financing) along with greatly increased enforcement is the way to solve this problem?
As long as the highways authorities are prepared to do their part then it might work.