I’ve got the black bike that was smashed to crap due to a diesel spill but my one vanishing post last night detailed all that and what I was trying to do.
I’m interested to what you think the local councils can do to prevent the diesel spills?
I’ve crashed and broken my wrist on one before riding very sensibly on a friends bike. I’ve also got a truck and had a diesel leak on that…and they aren’t easy to spot and will continue to affect the roads.
All we can do is maintain our vehicles responsibly and report what we find on the roads honestly and diligently and trust the council to sort it.
Or you have a master plan…which would be great as it’s a big problem for the biking community.
There are a couple of companies that make anti-spill devices they cost around £160 and stop spills siphoning and skimming. As a result most companies will save money buy fitting them. Diesel theft is a big problem.
Although this will not stop all spills it will stop a great number of spills on corners which as we all know is as dangerous as hell.
So I am campaigning to make these devices complusorary.
My bike was on it’s side for an hour with a full tank and not a drop was spilled.
Sorry to the community for this. It seems that we are constantly being spammed about parking charges and diesel spills at the moment [sigh]
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