Surface Dressing: The bane of motorcyclists lives

MarJay · But it's British! Joined: 15 Sep 2003 Karma :

https://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/67408

There's a petition to ban it. Might as well sign it, it might even do some good.
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gavcarter · Could Be A Chat Bot Joined: 28 Mar 2009 Karma :

Did, hate the stuff too - its bollocks..

also the red stuff thats "supposedly" grippier in icy conditions is usually a slippery death trap in the wet

Doomsnite · Traffic Copper Joined: 19 Nov 2013 Karma :

What I find weird is they put it on a road with very deep car tracks and other pot holes and it does nothing to fix it. May as well just have left it as it was if theyre not gonna relay the whole thing!
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Snorty · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Oct 2010 Karma :

I love that sound of those loose chippings scratching my paintwork as I drive along.

It's everywhere at the moment and it's fucking awful. They're using it on roads I didn't even consider to be bad Neutral

Some roads are shit because they are bumpy, now they're bumpy AND have a shit surface.
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Notj7 · Brolly Dolly Joined: 24 Aug 2008 Karma :

I would consider it but the grammar nazi in me grimaced - it won't be taken seriously like that.
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stinkwheel · Bovine Proctologist Joined: 12 Jul 2004 Karma :

Yawn.
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=3952216
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=291343
https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=291467 Sleeping

https://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/66987
https://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/63264
https://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/67408
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DrSnoosnoo · World Chat Champion Joined: 28 Mar 2012 Karma :

why is it only the only ones who cann't not right well that start all of these petitons?
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andyscooter · World Chat Champion Joined: 30 May 2009 Karma :

i agree with all these posts Doh!

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iooi · Super Spammer Joined: 14 Jan 2007 Karma :

How many more times is this going to be brought up this year....

FFS these petitions are a waste of time. Nothing ever changes....

I love the surface dressing.
Get some idiot behind you in a car too close. JUST WIND IT ON and shower them in chippings Laughing

What is more dangerous is the fact they have been putting up the signs about 2 weeks before doing the work.... So every one is just ignoring them. Then take another 2 weeks to get the white lines back down Twisted Evil

Still that does have a up side.... What double white lines are you talking about officer Laughing

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chickenstrip · Super Spammer Joined: 06 Dec 2013 Karma :

I think if you want to make an e-petition effective, it has to be only a part of a more general campaign. The powers-that-be probably also see it as a measure of how strongly an issue is felt to be. Only an e-petition? Oh well, not that important to folks then. Backed by a very visual, high profile campaign in the media, with events, massed protest meetings, lobbying etc? Ah, Joe Public really wants something to be done, maybe we should get off our asses and deal with it.

I don't read the car press and associated writings, but how does the general car-driving public feel? I don't like stone-chips in my paintwork, but tbh, the car doesn't seem to be that badly affected, so it's not an issue for me from that point of view.

This is the problem with minority groups like ours (motorcyclists). We'll never have enough clout, especially as (generalisation) we're not that popular with your average Joe anyway.
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Fladdem · World Chat Champion Joined: 29 Jun 2011 Karma :

I like em!

But then I am on a dirt bike. It's like being off-road without having to go anywhere, slipping all over the place, bouncing up and down pot-holes, spraying people in gravel.

No wonder people hate me. Laughing

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