Mud on roads

[refoman2]

can someone tell me if farmers etc are liable for cleaning the road when they have completely covered the road in mud outside their farms/fields?

[EvoBarry]

I'm guessing not as its happening all over my local area lately, and as I ride a bike to work and back I can tell you, its bloody lethal.

[Allyc85]

I thnk they have to warn you andthen after that you have to drive to the conditions and what you can see

[ChrisBMW]

I'm pretty sure they are responsible for cleaning the road if they made a mess of it, they certainly are in Northern Ireland.

[Craikeybaby]

There was a farmer cleaning the road (with a road sweeper type attachment on his tractor) round here a few weekends back.

ETA: Here = Warwickshire

Edited by Craikeybaby on Monday 29th October 13:48

[Marlin45]

ChrisBMW said:

I'm pretty sure they are responsible for cleaning the road if they made a mess of it, they certainly are in Northern Ireland.

That is probably technically the case as this applies to construction sites etc. but I have never seen a farmer cleaning the highway....and I live in a very rural area. It's Winter and time to lay down Winter wheat etc. so most of us just allow for it and drive/ride accordingly.

[P_J_R]

Ahem, http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[Cyder]

Marlin45 said:

ChrisBMW said:

I'm pretty sure they are responsible for cleaning the road if they made a mess of it, they certainly are in Northern Ireland.

That is probably technically the case as this applies to construction sites etc. but I have never seen a farmer cleaning the highway....and I live in a very rural area. It's Winter and time to lay down Winter wheat etc. so most of us just allow for it and drive/ride accordingly.

This ^

Most (sensible) countryside dwellers accept that mud on the road is a fact of life and drive sensibly to account for it.
The problems tend to come from the minority of dheads who live in the sticks and the townies who enjoy visiting the countryside theme park once or twice a year and drive like tts in the lanes not anticipating anything.

[agent006]

You must be able to stop in the distance you can see to be clear. If you can't stop for mud on the road then who's to say you can stop for the tractor coming back the other way.

[gothatway]

agent006 said:

If you can't stop for mud on the road then

... you shouldn't have been driving so fast.

[ericvauxsuffolk]

Yeah,I had to stop riding my bike because I almost came off 3 times on Monday because of the muddy roads

EvoBarry said:

I'm guessing not as its happening all over my local area lately, and as I ride a bike to work and back I can tell you, its bloody lethal.