diesel spill in wigan

[TUG]

theres a spill near heinz factory, some fuckers dumped it there or leaked out of a tank, its on the 2nd corner heading into wigan away from heinz! it nearly had me but my gut told me to slow down and when my back wheel tried touching my front i turned into it and controlled it, remember kids, practising skids saves lives!
hope this info stops anyone from my area getting into an accident.
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Haz ER-5, innit!

[Finglonga]

Hope you have reported it.
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[TUG]

couldnt no phone and dont know how a hornet in front of me seemed really really pissed off, think he may of ended up near hittin the deck too.

right for next time! how do i report a spill!? i really want to know.
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[ZBD]

Best to contact the local Highways Dept at the council so they can clean it up - depends on what it is & how much there is - may put sand, etc on it or large amounts may get jetted away .... I work for the water board & know of fire engines being called to jet diesel spills away into the drains .... think that's the best option unless anyone else has any ideas????
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[D O G]

The roads in Southampton on my commute are covered in the stuff. It really is just nuts the amount that gets on the road. Never noticed it at all when I drove all the time. You say report it, but if I did I would be on the blower constantly.

[TUG]

this was my first propper contact with diesel and am glad i slowed down for it, if i hadn't listened to my gut feeling i would of seriosuly hurt myself, even when i pulled the clutch in i was going full lock sideways leaning into the slide, was cool but when you look at it seriously if i had of hit a car i could of died.
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[spikenipple]

It truly AMAZES me the number of people that are too damn negligent to fill their tanks to the correct level! It's costing them money (a lot of it...) so I don't understand why people just can't be arsed.
In highly congested areas, there is of course a lot more fuel on the road; one such area being my daily commute to college which involves a lot of cars stop-starting hence there are large patches of fuel at a time.
The road is slippery enough when it's wet, we really could do without petrol or diesel too...
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[St0rmer66]

How do you know if you've overfilled though? My work van (Vauxhall Combo, so basically a Corsa!) is a diesel and I wouldn't have a clue if I'd overfilled it, though I don't get any diesel patches on my drive etc and I have had a look behind me on the odd occasion since these diesel spill threads have been popping up lately. Is it more of a problem with buses and lorrys?

How are you supposed to know what number to ring and report it? It's not exactly a widely advertised thing. I would be extremely interested in knowing what number to ring as I've seen plenty of spills (spinning up the wheels on my van in 3rd gear and nearly going straight into a roundabout when I tried to brake).
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[iCraig]

[stinkwheel]

[SoND]

[St0rmer66]

[TUG]

lorrys dump diesel mixed with water my tutor told me once when they have a certain part fitted? am not sure was a good few month ago when he told me. and over filling is a problem too with them.
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