Stop Diesel Spills
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DailyBikerCoUK
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LLB? Is that a member here?
What a great community here, thanks for all the support.
What a great community here, thanks for all the support.
Gone done & signed.
I'm sure there is already such a campaign group. I'm sure LLB can point you in the right direction. Certainly MCN could.
I'm a biker too and whilst I have never hit a diesel spill, I have certainly seen pelnty of them. Roundabouts are particularly dangerous, but petrol station forecourts and environs are (obviously) places to watch too.
I'm sure there is already such a campaign group. I'm sure LLB can point you in the right direction. Certainly MCN could.
I'm a biker too and whilst I have never hit a diesel spill, I have certainly seen pelnty of them. Roundabouts are particularly dangerous, but petrol station forecourts and environs are (obviously) places to watch too.
DailyBikerCoUK
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Thanks Yello, there is a campaign group KillSpills but my angle is to really push prevention. A company called TISS make a device for less than £160 that can retro fit truck tanks to stop spills but the thing is it also stops siphoning and skimming, so the device will pay for its self in no time.
I've been riding for over 25 years covering 400miles per week and this was my first accident. :-(
Thanks again.
Rich
I've been riding for over 25 years covering 400miles per week and this was my first accident. :-(
Thanks again.
Rich
Night Train
Maker of Things
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- Greater Manchester
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The worst diesel spill I came across was a 7 1/2 ton truck that had run over something, on the motorway near me, that ripped the drain tap off the bottom of his twin fuel tanks. He then drove around the streets looking for somewhere to park. If I hadn't given him a bucket and my wheelie bin he would have dropped the contents of his tank on the road.
The worst diesel spill I came across was a 7 1/2 ton truck that had run over something, on the motorway near me, that ripped the drain tap off the bottom of his twin fuel tanks. He then drove around the streets looking for somewhere to park. If I hadn't given him a bucket and my wheelie bin he would have dropped the contents of his tank on the road.
DailyBikerCoUK
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Yup I can't believe these were not added years ago by the manufactures.
BTW it's..
I'm walking on sunshine, woooah, and don't it feel good.
Apologies if you were making a quick witted statement, that I have missed, by changing the lyric ;-)
Yup I can't believe these were not added years ago by the manufactures.
BTW it's..
I'm walking on sunshine, woooah, and don't it feel good.
Apologies if you were making a quick witted statement, that I have missed, by changing the lyric ;-)
Andy Pandy
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- Location
- Belfast
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This may be a stupid question, but does diesel affect grip in both wet and dry conditions?
This may be a stupid question, but does diesel affect grip in both wet and dry conditions?
Neddy
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- Location
- Derby/Nottingham
Diesel may be slippery whatever the weather, but in wet conditions it does rise to the top, whereas in the dry it tends to settle in the cracks in the surface. Yesterday, for example, it was really damp here, but not actually raining. For virtually the whole ride to work I noticed the tell-tale rainbow sheen towards the edge of the road.
I also believe temperature plays a part. It seems to stay on your tyres for longer when it's colder.
I also believe temperature plays a part. It seems to stay on your tyres for longer when it's colder.
Signed.
I've had problems with it on a motorbike and bicycle. Great stuff diesel, you can pick it up on your tyres and it will stick and not wear off for sometime, then go around a bend and .... well we all know the rest of the story!
I pick up diesel nearly everyday, Lorries and Tractors everywhere and always one to oblige with a bit of over filling! I'm quite good at catching the back or front end on my MTB but its only a matter of time....
I've had problems with it on a motorbike and bicycle. Great stuff diesel, you can pick it up on your tyres and it will stick and not wear off for sometime, then go around a bend and .... well we all know the rest of the story!
I pick up diesel nearly everyday, Lorries and Tractors everywhere and always one to oblige with a bit of over filling! I'm quite good at catching the back or front end on my MTB but its only a matter of time....
DailyBikerCoUK said:
Killspills is all about prevention, We use the rides to show strength of feeling and have backed that up with large turnouts. I've seen a couple of these devices demonstrated at killspills rallies.
Killspills was set up after a friend of the founder died as a result of a diesel spill on a rideout.
My OH fractured the radius bone in her arm as a pillion when I dropped my bike on diesel on the entry to a roundabout about 7 years ago.
The BMF are now hosting the work which killspills has done over the years.
Good to see this is being kept in the public eye, but bad luck on coming off yourself
http://www.bmf.co.uk/pages/bmf_main_pages.php?main_page_id=701
DailyBikerCoUK
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Hi LLB,
I did read the Kill Spills site and agreed they are doing a terrific job. But still I can't believe the Government hasn't made fitting anti spill devices to commercial vehicles compulsory as is the case with cars and motorcycles.
That is the point I am trying to make with this.
It's is probably the result of Kill Spills campaigns that, I believe, all new lorries now have anti spill tanks.
I did read the Kill Spills site and agreed they are doing a terrific job. But still I can't believe the Government hasn't made fitting anti spill devices to commercial vehicles compulsory as is the case with cars and motorcycles.
That is the point I am trying to make with this.
It's is probably the result of Kill Spills campaigns that, I believe, all new lorries now have anti spill tanks.
DailyBikerCoUK said:
If you want to find out more, the guy who has been driving the killspills forward is stephenedwardsr1@hotmail.com
Stephen can give you far more specific answers than I can, and sits on various DFT committees being now regarded as the authority on the subject.
He is very approachable. Drop him a line.