People who throw **** out the window

[pits]

Why? What's so hard about keeping rubbish in the car to bin later? Driving up a slip road earlier to join M4, got up to 60mph, I see a hand come out of the passenger window with something being held, next thing boom my cars covered in a McDonald's coffee, followed by more litter just being chucked out, I thought to myself, "was I a to this guy earlier? I don't believe I cut this st stain up, actually he was 2 cars ahead of me 2 minutes ago"

So I pull around to register my disgust at their actions, make sure my driving gloves are on correctly so they can see me shake my fist in anger, only for the child to launch an empty McDonald's drink out, and the driver handing more rubbish to the passenger to throw out.
I thought better of it, these are the type of inbred mouthbreathing gammon slippers who will only start brake check shenanigans, to top it off I was out of Red Bull cans to throw back, so just drove on to wash my car, which I adore doing on a miserable Wednesday morning at an over priced jet wash full.of TFR.

Any one else had their car hit with anything from the vehicle in front? Feel sorry for the poor guy in the van with what appeared to be a gherkin sliding up his bonnet, hands down a good shot, but come on, the poor fker has a red smear up his bonnet, and a gherkin holding on for dear life.

[cay]

Self important, arrogant, scum.

Not willing to spend five seconds dumping their rubbish at home so we all have to witness their crap next to every road in the country.

On the flip side I saw a lady near my house picking up litter from the hedges on Saturday. Made me think about trying to start a local group to do the same.

It seems a lot of people in this country have no respect for the environment and think littering is normal.

[jmorgan]

You have lost the war when the bits drop it out the window at the fast food outlet, not even making it to the bin.

Kudos is too important. Not that it registers they are stting in their own back yard.

[cuprabob]

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/giant-funnel-bi...

[InitialDave]

Sounds like you encountered some of the large number of our population who are only differentiated from animals on the basis that the animals asked not to be associated with them.

[Buzypea]

Reading about that poor gherkin has made me hungry. I fancy a double cheese around about now

[Shakermaker]

There's a phone number around where I live where you can report these tossers.

Its not a memorable phone number mind you, just a number somewhere in the Council or Highways department I guess.

[Johnnytheboy]

Even though it's entirely biodegradable, the one that gets me is finding a whole newspaper scattered all over a country lane.

Quite telling that it's rarely something like Telegraph or the Guardian.

[yellowjack]

Death squads are the answer. South American Junta-style instant justice.

They buy expensive cars, argue that keeping the litter inside will make the interior smell unpleasant, yet cheapskate themselves by eating cheap, crappy convenience food from a drive-through window?

I don't care what fking car you drive, if you lob litter out of it's open windows, you are a . Simple as that.

It's real easy to avoid too. Either don't buy this crap that you know you'll feel compelled to chuck out of the window, or stop the car and go inside to eat it. Or maybe try "the third way"? Put it in a convenient litter bin, or take it home to your own bin.

I try to avoid this type as much as possible, by going places other than drive-throughs and service stations for something to eat.

Call me "council" if you will, but this is why I will mourn the upcoming closure of ALL remaining Little Chefs. The one place you could count on during a trunk road journey to not serve your food in a "straight to landfill" carton, and wherer they'd supply actual cutlery to eat it with. Gone soon, to be replaced by KFC, Burger King, Starbucks, Costa, etc. All of which will supply the litter throwing morons of the world with more crap with which to pollute the environment, which will mean more of our taxes spent cleaning it up, and yet more landfill sites filled with single-use packaging that no one actually needs.

Why does it ALWAYS seem to be a black Disco/X5/Q7 type thing with privacy glass that the crap gets thrown out of too?


Oh, and the death squads thing? I'm almost serious about that...

[MorganP104]

I think the punishment if caught littering is a FPN of around £60 (a legal expert will be along in a minute to approve/decry this message).

A better punishment (in my opinion) would be community service - specifically litter picking. If the morons who drop litter see the mess people like them leave behind, they might think twice about doing it in the future. Rubbing their faces in it, so to speak.

Plus, I'd love for these people to have to explain to their bosses that they can't come to work, as they have litter picking duty to perform.

[Otispunkmeyer]

"mouthbreathing gammon slippers "


I keeping that. Nearly choked on my apple!

[Steven_RW]

cay said:

Self important, arrogant, scum.

Not willing to spend five seconds dumping their rubbish at home so we all have to witness their crap next to every road in the country.

On the flip side I saw a lady near my house picking up litter from the hedges on Saturday. Made me think about trying to start a local group to do the same.

It seems a lot of people in this country have no respect for the environment and think littering is normal.

I've decided to pickup minimum of two bits of litter every time I am out with the dog walking each day. It won't make much difference but it feels like I am trying to solve the issue rather than just be annoyed by it.

Even in relatively remote locations you find some tool's half finished bottle of irn bru, empty packet of M&S sandwiches and so on. Sometimes out there it is only one or two bits of litter spoiling the place so I'd rather they went in my pocket till I find a bin than have them spoil the view.

Reality is as a kid you (I) didn't have the same social responsibility and it took a while to sink in. Once you do have it though, you don't litter at all.

RW

[99dndd]

This is what dashcams should be used for.

Find their numberplate, get their address, send it back.

[yellowjack]

Otispunkmeyer said:

"mouthbreathing gammon slippers "


I keeping that. Nearly choked on my apple!

Just don't throw that apple core out of the window now, Sir. Mind how you go...

[RedAndy]

Otispunkmeyer said:

"mouthbreathing gammon slippers "


I keeping that. Nearly choked on my apple!

...and just what are you going to do with the core when you're finished then?

[hondansx]

Steven_RW said:

I've decided to pickup minimum of two bits of litter every time I am out with the dog walking each day. It won't make much difference but it feels like I am trying to solve the issue rather than just be annoyed by it.

Even in relatively remote locations you find some tool's half finished bottle of irn bru, empty packet of M&S sandwiches and so on. Sometimes out there it is only one or two bits of litter spoiling the place so I'd rather they went in my pocket till I find a bin than have them spoil the view.

Reality is as a kid you (I) didn't have the same social responsibility and it took a while to sink in. Once you do have it though, you don't litter at all.

RW

I remember being chastised by my parents about the notion of dropping litter; it's probably why my rage levels are on a par with some of the people in this thread!

I think people caught should be dragged to do community service immediately. Or perhaps be forced to wear a sandwich board with 'I'm a c*nt' on it

[InitialDave]

Thing is, I don't regard an apple core or similar chucked in a hedgerow as an issue, all that'll happen is some critter will eat it.

It's packaging and bottles etc that wind me up.

[Bennet]

Misleading thread title. No actual faeces involved. I thought this was going to be some new trend perpetrated by people who need a number two but can't be bothered to pull in for five minutes at the service station.

[2Btoo]

Johnnytheboy said:

Quite telling that it's rarely something like Telegraph or the Guardian.

Also notable that food wrapper litter is very rarely from healthy food; it's always fast-food, chip wrappers or chocolate bar wrappers.

yellowjack said:

I don't care what fking car you drive, if you lob litter out of it's open windows, you are a . Simple as that.

A c-unit in a nice car is still a c-unit, but sadly this fact is lost on many.

[yellowjack]

Steven_RW said:

I've decided to pickup minimum of two bits of litter every time I am out with the dog walking each day. It won't make much difference but it feels like I am trying to solve the issue rather than just be annoyed by it.

Even in relatively remote locations you find some tool's half finished bottle of irn bru, empty packet of M&S sandwiches and so on. Sometimes out there it is only one or two bits of litter spoiling the place so I'd rather they went in my pocket till I find a bin than have them spoil the view.

Reality is as a kid you (I) didn't have the same social responsibility and it took a while to sink in. Once you do have it though, you don't litter at all.

RW

There's a chap near me who walks his dog and takes a bag and a litter-picker claw type thing. He's slightly daft (I know - I used to work with him) but certainly not deserving of the mocking he gets. Mocking that no doubt comes from the very scrotes who dropped the litter in the first place.

I'm not as civic minded as you, and not inclined to pick up random litter when I have no idea where it's been. But as a keen cyclist (road and MTBer) I am regularly disgusted by fellow riders who seem to think nothing of eating an energy bar or gel, or changing an inner-tube, and then dumping their litter by the roadside or in the middle of a beautiful country park/nature reserve. So in order to "keep my own house in order", I try to pick up any litter that is obviously and easily connected with cycling and cyclists. It's also netted me some easily repaired tubes in better condition, with fewer patches than the ones on my bike.

Just don't get me started on dog-walkers and those little black bags hanging in trees and bushes for weeks on end. I'd poison those buggers with something very painful and slow acting, because they KNOW the penalties for dog fouling, as there are signs all around telling them it's an offence, and how much a fine would be. I know it's wrong to wish ill on the innocent, but it'd be the ultimate irony if THEIR children or grandkids ended up ill, or worse, from contact with the dogst that THEY left in the woods. Disgusting creatures. (the owners, I mean - the dogs know no better).