Bin Your Litter. Other people do.

f1charlie said:
Why is it smokers seem to think fag ends aren't litter and just chuck them out of their cars?
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yep exactly, even folk that should no better do that, there excuse i dont want to put them in my car ashtray.....sigh
 
Julie1979 said:
I don't bin my litter. I chuck it in the back seat. Do other people do this?

(and yes, i'm a minger but it does eventually get cleared out)
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big soft moose said:
My dog rides in the back seat and doesnt like having rubbish thrown at her so I chuck mine in the passanger footwell instead
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Why are you taking rubbish into your cars in the first place. It is illegal to drive whilst eating or drinking so your obviously not creating the rubbish whilst your driving. Other than stones, mud or grass that comes off shoes, which duly gets hoovered, the interior of my car remains spotless. Even my kids as they grew up knew not to make a mess in the car, they take their rubbish with them.
 
I'm not sure it's actually a specific offence to eat or drink while driving BUT if you're involved in an incident while eating or drinking it could be seen as a contributing factor.
 
CanonDjango said:
1. Since when did the motorway start giving out general life advice
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When someone's carrier bag full of crap thrown out of a moving car's window gets hooked up in your wipers at 70mph... that's when.


CanonDjango said:
3. When did the motorway start using guilt tactics to try and get you to do stuff
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When they realised appealing to people's common sense doesn't work.

CanonDjango said:
4. How do they know I'm not one of the "other people" in the first place
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They assume the worst of people... best strategy often.

CanonDjango said:
5. Why does other people doing things automatically mean that it is a good thing and that I should do what other people do.
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Because throwing litter out of your car window is a stupid thing to do.



CanonDjango said:
So whats that all about?
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It's about trying to get people to stop throwing sh1t out of their car windows at 70mph.
 
Nod said:
I'm not sure it's actually a specific offence to eat or drink while driving BUT if you're involved in an incident while eating or drinking it could be seen as a contributing factor.
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:agree: It's not an offence by itself.
 
I don't eat or drink while driving! Have you considered that maybe I eat when i'm parked but i'm too lazy to walk to a bin? Or more likely, it's chucking it down with rain.
 
Nod said:
I'm not sure it's actually a specific offence to eat or drink while driving BUT if you're involved in an incident while eating or drinking it could be seen as a contributing factor.
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I've known people to be done for driving with out due care and attention for eating and drinking whilst driving. Even people taking a quick bite or drink when stopped at traffic lights.
 
nilagin said:
I've known people to be done for driving with out due care and attention for eating and drinking whilst driving. Even people taking a quick bite or drink when stopped at traffic lights.
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Absolutely, but they weren't charged with a specific offence of eating / drinking whilst driving, because there is no such offence at present.
They could just as easily have been rooting in a handbag, or changing radio stations.
"Without due care" is a great little catch all for the rozzers.
 
nilagin said:
Why are you taking rubbish into your cars in the first place. It is illegal to drive whilst eating or drinking so your obviously not creating the rubbish whilst your driving. Other than stones, mud or grass that comes off shoes, which duly gets hoovered, the interior of my car remains spotless. Even my kids as they grew up knew not to make a mess in the car, they take their rubbish with them.
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My car frequently acts as my office , if I'm on the move - so i'll have lunch, coffee , pop etc while I'm stationary - and because I prefer to stop at one of our sites if possible there isn't always a bin. Also eating a bag of sweets while you are driving isn't necessarily driving without due care if the car is under control and your eyes don't leave the road
 
Julie1979 said:
I don't bin my litter. I chuck it in the back seat. Do other people do this?

(and yes, i'm a minger but it does eventually get cleared out)
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Your not along there, I have a big problem with doing that, mainly as when I am driving I pretty much live in my car of a weekend :)
 
Mr Bump said:
I still see people just open there car doors and sump rubbish, even when sat at traffic lights
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A few years ago, a car full of teenagers stopped outside my mother's house whilst one of them went to the shop across the road. The person in the front passenger seat wound down the window and threw out a load of rubbish. My mother scooped it all up and deposited it back into the car.


Steve.
 
The real question here is what the hell did we spend all that money on those damn great signs for in the first place? To be told to slow to 40mph when you're already at a standstill and that it takes 33 mins to get to junction 19? They are the most useless waste of taxpayers money I have seen for a long time. Now they have found their true use. Take your litter home with you. Great, well worth however many £billion and that's not including the cost to business for shutting lanes and grinding all traffic to a halt while they took 4 months to install them on a small stretch of road. Just don't get me started on this one!!! Grrrrr......
 
Rich_Ellis said:
The real question here is what the hell did we spend all that money on those damn great signs for in the first place? To be told to slow to 40mph when you're already at a standstill and that it takes 33 mins to get to junction 19? They are the most useless waste of taxpayers money I have seen for a long time. Now they have found their true use. Take your litter home with you. Great, well worth however many £billion and that's not including the cost to business for shutting lanes and grinding all traffic to a halt while they took 4 months to install them on a small stretch of road. Just don't get me started on this one!!! Grrrrr......
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To be fair, those signs have alerted me to motorway problems sometimes 20 - 30 miles ahead of the problem itself on the motorway network in the SW, and enabled me to alter my route and avoid long queues.
 
Nah. You just took a massive detour cos they were out of date.
 
bass_junkie83 said:
not asking you to try and lob it into rubbish bin at 70mph.
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Its not easy but possible with (lots of) practice.
I guess that's why the road sides get littered, until people get proficient? :D

There was also a few years ago, signs that flashed up car reg numbers of those that were speeding,
I forget where specifically as I used so many motorways back then.
Seems it was stopped because it was infringing some human right or other.
 
neil_g said:
in other words, if you throw your litter out the window youre a ****. but in a subtle way.
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This.

Anyone that throws litter out of a car window needs to be shot. It is inexcusable.

The only exception is if you launch a projectile out of your vehicle in order to maim someone else that has just littered.

Seems foolproof...
 
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Cobra said:
Its not easy but possible with (lots of) practice.
I guess that's why the road sides get littered, until people get proficient? :D

There was also a few years ago, signs that flashed up car reg numbers of those that were speeding,
I forget where specifically as I used so many motorways back then.
Seems it was stopped because it was infringing some human right or other.
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BK61 **T is f***ed then! Our pool car.. think it's got more points this season than Norwich City. (Not difficult!)
 
Pookeyhead said:
When someone's carrier bag full of crap thrown out of a moving car's window gets hooked up in your wipers at 70mph... that's when.
When they realised appealing to people's common sense doesn't work.
They assume the worst of people... best strategy often.
Because throwing litter out of your car window is a stupid thing to do.
It's about trying to get people to stop throwing sh1t out of their car windows at 70mph.
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Reply to lighthearted threads very seriously. Other people do.

:-)
 
f1charlie said:
Why is it smokers seem to think fag ends aren't litter and just chuck them out of their cars?
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And then wonder why the biker behind them waves at them after being suddenly hit with a shower of sparks...
 
viv1969 said:
To be fair, those signs have alerted me to motorway problems sometimes 20 - 30 miles ahead of the problem itself on the motorway network in the SW, and enabled me to alter my route and avoid long queues.
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Exactly. They only don't work because people ignore them.
 
Pookeyhead said:
Exactly. They only don't work because people ignore them.
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indeed - thus making them completely pointless , those that take note of the 'bin your rubbish / don't drink and drive, don't drive tired blah' are the responsible bindividuals who don't need to be told - the irresponsible halfwit who does need to be told isn't listening anyway
 
They are rubbish. Driving on M4 yesterday some of them started saying "M4 J12-J13 Long Delays".

Now what am I supposed to do as I am just 10 mins away from j12? I don't know the area. What is a long delay? Start fiddling with my sat nav/phone trying to work out an alternative route?

I stayed on the motorway and the "long delay" was a queue for 15 mins. Now how long would it have taken me if I had clogged up some minor road or town at rush hour trying to avoid the "long delays"?

I don't consider 15 mins a long delay. It's a short delay.

There then followed a series of "40mph" signs when we were sat doing 0mph and crawling along dreaming of doing 49mph, and even one saying 60mph when we were still crawling. They then had the gall to tell me there was a "queue ahead"! No sh*t Sherlock!

Next time I'll ignore them again cos they are always wrong. Stands to reason. That's why people don't take any notice of them.

"Don't drink and drive" messages are surely not why they are there? Why not "Don't steal other peoples cars" or "Don't carjack"

Utterly ridiculous.
 
Theres one near J30 on the M5 that was displaying the ultra useful info "sign not in use" when I drove passed earlier
 
For some reason I could hear that as a "guns don't kill people, rappers do" type tune in my head.
 
Bad idea this thread, them mods might get ideas.
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I want to see a sign that says "Learn to read, other people do"

Seriously on the litter front, there used to be a great deal more signs that said "Keep Britain Tidy"
 
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