[Closed] Relaxing drive out in the countryside...

No tasering 🙁 😉

They were just having a chill out.

Nice to see the number one traveller stereotype...

Black trousers, white vest and shoes.

Community service order to clear up all fly tipping in an area for 1 year.

Community service order to clear up all fly tipping in an area for 1 year.

Maybe thats what they [i]were[/i] doing!!!

Don’t know what makes you think they’re Travellers?

Don’t know what makes you think they’re Travellers?

Black trousers, white vest and shoes.

Why do those lads go around collecting stuff from people's houses then dumping it in laybys? It doesn't make sense.

Scum

Don’t know what makes you think they’re Travellers?

I take it you haven’t met many?

Try not to be offended on behalf of others - it’s not an endearing trait...

Why do people reply to ninfan? Might as well pop your old chap in a mousetrap for all the satisfaction you'll get.

On another note, the policy of local authorities charging to dispose of waste leads directly to this behaviour. It must cost far more to pick up fly tipping than have folk deliver it to your recycling facility / tip.

Good reversing skills.

Classic mistake. Accelerate forward instead very quickly.

Nice satchel! The youngling is clearly some kind of traveller/roadman hybrid. They are adapting...

On another note, the policy of local authorities charging to dispose of waste leads directly to this behaviour. It must cost far more to pick up fly tipping than have folk deliver it to your recycling facility / tip.

There's certainly been a noticeable increase in dumpage round here since they put barriers at the skips to stop vans getting in...

Don't local authorities now have the power to crush vehicles used for dumping? All they need is the license plate.

Scum

That's some nifty reversing.

On another note, the policy of local authorities charging to dispose of waste leads directly to this behaviour.

So you're saying that local authorities should dispose of business waste for free? Would you be happy to pay more council tax for this?

So you're saying that local authorities should dispose of business waste for free? Would you be happy to pay more council tax for this?

Yes.

That is ****ing priceless when he whips him off the bonnet with the little shake. However joking aside if that had been say my wife she just wouldn't have known what to do when tbey started approaching. Hopefully she'd have just mown them all over.

Looks fake to me. Viral video?

Looks fake to me. Viral video?

Advertising a defensive driving course?

Yes.

Good for you. Personally, I don't believe that subsidising private businesses is a legitimate public service. It's probably worth bearing in mind that household waste is about 14% of total waste generated in the UK, so I'd budget for a pretty hefty increase in your tax bill.

globalti - Member

Why do those lads go around collecting stuff from people's houses then dumping it in laybys? It doesn't make sense.

People pay them to take their rubbish away to the tip, said buggers then dump it in the bushes and pocket the cash they'd have to pay out to dispose of it at the tip for commercial waste disposal.

People pay peanuts, mostly knowing they should be paying more for a bonifide company with a waste carrier licence to take it away. (I.e the ones who dispose of it correctly)

devash - Member

Looks fake to me. Viral video?

oldnpastit - Member
Don't local authorities now have the power to crush vehicles used for dumping? All they need is the license plate.

Is this true?

I caught a Transit Pickup tipping builders rubble in a lay-by in the Downs the other week.. I reported it to HCC but heard nothing about it..
Curious to know if they've progressed my complaint, but they dont give "updates"

But it's not just Builders and Travellers.. I spotted Mrs Merc throwing two large bin bags of grass cuttings into a farmers field a few weeks back, I confronted her about it and she told me to F Off and so I took her reg plate, again complained to HCC but again heard nothing..

Is it really worth the bother I ask myself? then instantly I want to punch the offenders in the eye and fill their vehicle with the crap they've dumped.. so I've answered my own question.

But we've ended up being the Police in situations like this.. HCC ask us/we to provide the evidence of the flytip and take photos and give locations and effectively "police" the offence, then they do sweet naff all about it. If we get involved with the offenders it ends up in both offence and possible attack situations, if you call 101 they couldn't give a rats bottom for the information and simply state "its a HCC report you need to complete" even when you're sitting 200mtrs down the road watching the offence occur..

I get extraordinary wound up about this behaviour, I really shouldn't GAS like 99% of the UK but I see it all the time.. riding and running the lanes and bridleways and footpaths of the South Downs brings me in direct contact with fly tipping and dumping and it gets right up my nose.... 😈

haha bonnet surfing pikey scum bags caught on film.... its foine its foine, is that a CAMERA !!! ****

Looks fake.

..because? *opens snacky things*

Some massive racists on this thread. They were probably rearranging their load. To fit in some horses perhaps.

Or making room for some lead or copper that a nearby church doesn't need.

I'm frequently logging incidents of flytipping using the FixMyStreet android app.

Ensure your gps is on, open the application, let it locate you, take photos, add brief description, send report.

You then need to open an email and press confirm to acknowledge you'd like it sent to the appropriate council and they do usually deal with it in my experiences.

It takes two to three minutes which is nothing really. Cars just drive by but cyclists can easily stop at the pace we go.

On another note, the policy of local authorities charging to dispose of waste leads directly to this behaviour. It must cost far more to pick up fly tipping than have folk deliver it to your recycling facility / tip.

Its 80quid in landfill tax per tonne alone before you factor in charges and transport. Thats before landfill charges and ferrying it all over the place.

It may cost more to pick up the flytipping than it would to put the ply tippings into the dump for free but you also miss out on the revenue of all the legitimate companies who do pay what they are meant to who suddenly dont have to.

So pick up the flytippings but get income from legitimate commercial waste or pay for all the businesses to dump for free...

I was riding home over the moors one summer evening and stumbled across white van man emptying the contents of said van onto the side of the road.I stood right behind him unnoticed till he'd emptied the lot.He got all shouty 'whatyagonnadoboutit' (being a shaved head/beardy/6'3" lump helps occasionally).Not having a camera...or camera phone with me he did have a point.What I did have was an uneaten chocolate flapjack bar in my back pocket......so I started taking 'photos' with that instead.Quietly making my own 'click' noises periodically.
It took him a good 15 minutes (swearing continually) to load it all back in.
There is a recycling centre 5 minute drive away...and they will take anything,even from obviously commercial vans!!

I spotted Mrs Merc throwing two large bin bags of grass cuttings into a farmers field a few weeks back

Erm... I'm pretty sure that's not really fly-tipping tbh, unless she included the bin bags?...

It's a massive problem in NE England (where I've just escaped from). Every single bridleway and layby is fair game.

It was in the bags, I wouldn't have cared much if she tipped the cuttings out in the verge..

Why would business waste be dumped for free? Or do they not pay rates where you come from?

And yes, charging households for kerbside collection is where most of this crap seems to come from.

jimjam - Member

Looks fake.

bearnecessities - Member

..because? *opens snacky things*

Where to start. She's going reasonably fast for a narrow country road, starts beeping before long before the car even stops, single woman (we assume) starts berating the three shifting looking shirtless men. She's not positioning her car to squeeze past. Her reversing is extremely fast and tidy....the blurring on the faces, firstly why bother, second, it's very well done and stays extremely tight to the actual faces.

I don't know if there's a plugin or algorith that does it automatically these days but last time I tried it with premier it was time consuming and difficult. Also, the "travellers" are surprisingly tongue tied. They're normally pretty quick witted - I would have expected an excuse like the van broke down, or they're changing the tyre blah blah

I might be mistaken, but I could have sworn the video was not pixelated when I first saw it earlier today.

Yep, see it all the time on the North Downs near me. It's endemic.

Same spots over and over, still seems to happen when there are warning signs up staying there are hidden cameras in the area.

When your riding a lovely bit of track and suddenly there is a huge pile of building material or household junk just lying there it's just so disheartening.

I take it quite personal if that makes sense?

We don't deserve this lovely blue and white marble we all live on. 🙁

Look at the comments, a number of them are from other media outlets looking to use the clip. All in the space of a few hours from a new account. It's got staged viral attempt all over it.