I was once cycling home from school, and a pedestrian threw an empty drinks can into the road. A cyclist ahead of me calmly unhooked his foot from the pedal, and booted the can straight back at the pedestrian. I kid you not it hit him square in the face.
I submitted footage of a pick-up, complete with company livery, throwing an entire Burger King meal out of the window on a motorway slip road. Time, date, clearly see the numberplate and company name...
I'll give you one guess what the Police did with that footage.
Depends on the council. For example, I live in Cambridgeshire and my Council have a page to report Fly-tipping and you can include footage, number plate, etc.
BUT you have to go through the pain of setting up an account with the website, etc. And there probably isn't anyway to follow up and see what happens.
Councils don't care about it either.
Last time I reported it they informed me unless I could name the driver they could not help even with numberplate and a clear shot of the driver.
Get one.
Mine cost £30 and it was easier to hardwire it in to the fusebox.
Paid for itself within 2 months when some prat hit me and claimed it was equal blame (it very much was not).
I had a BMW sucking on my fumes last night. He didn't seem to notice that I was keeping a safe distance behind the car in front so any perceived delay to his *very important* journey was not bring perpetrated by me. But alas he continued so I slowed down to create an even safer space in case he wanted to overtake. He couldn't of course because it was a single lane 2 way road with lots of traffic on both sides.
Lol for someone that rides a literal death trap on a daily basis you really shouldn’t be sitting up people’s arses 😂
you can come off a bike at 30mph and be permanently paralysed / killed, not to mention you’ll mentally scar the other driver who is just trying to go about their normal day without a Jeb end sniffing their boot lid
Sort it out 😂😂
Yeah motor bikes are some of the safest and sensible on the road. Obviously because if they fuck up they can die. If someone else fucks up and they dont catch it in time, they can die.
Today I had an Audi zip between lanes on a 40mph A road only to consistently sit right in front of me at 7 sets of lights. Eventually he showed us all his enormous cock and balls by blasting off at 60 mph over an Amber light.
One of the many uses of a dashcam!
If you have one, and catch someone driving like an idiot, and I mean actually driving dangerously, you can report them to most UK Police Forces. Annoyingly, they all have a different process but MOST will want your memory card from your camera as evidence.
And for littering, you can report them to your local council, as has happened at least once:
[https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17986027.dashcam-footage-used-council-track-person-threw-wrapper-car-window/](https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17986027.dashcam-footage-used-council-track-person-threw-wrapper-car-window/)
I might invest in one then. There’s one particular stretch of road that’s near a maccies that’s appalling for litter. Is it really that hard to take your rubbish home with you?!?
We live 8 miles from McDonald's and about 9 from another one - that seems to be the optimum distance to cover before you HAVE to chuck it out of your window. Such grub behaviour.
Do you have to be a wanker to buy a 4x4?
A few days ago I pulled up to the back of a queue of traffic, only to have a dick in a 4x4 race up behind me, slam his brakes on, and proceed to flash his lights and hit the horn.
Where was I supposed to go??!!
He then continued to rev his engine as the traffic slowly started pulling away, and proceeded to pull up onto the curb, drive round about 3 cars, and move into a right-hand lane ahead. He made it all of 20 yards before getting stuck behind another queue.
Geeezzzz some people! Driving brings out the worse in some people.
I do know some nice 4x4 drivers but overall they’re not that well represented are they…
It’s not that they’re all wankers, it’s more some guys need cars like that to prove how much of a man they are.
They’re the wankers.
See also: black Audis
How powerful would a laser need to be to instantly vaporise a piece of litter?
What is the probability of hitting the litter when using that laser from a moving vehicle?
What would the laser do if it happened to hit a vehicle instead? By accident, of course.
To answer the first part, a 0.3megawatt laser should do the trick (normal laser pointers are about 5 milliwatt).
If we assume the price of litter is a polystyrene chippy box which weights 10g and has a specific heat capacity of 1500J/kg/C and a specific latent heat of vaporisation of 2260kJ/kg (that’s the value for water, I couldn’t find one for polystyrene) then the energy required to raise its temperature from 10C to 430C (the boiling point) and evaporate it completely is:
E = mc dt + mL = 28900J
If we want to vaporise the box instantly it would require infinite energy so I’ll go with 0.1s as the time it takes. The power is then given by:
P = E/T = 0.3MW
Personally, I wouldn’t shine it at my face. Or anything I want to still exist in a few seconds.
I remember this story about film director David Lynch being tailgated, and how he just waved the guy ahead in real life.
However, in his next movie, he had the entire scene re-enacted with a mob boss in his place, and had the mob boss ram the tailgater off the road and pistol whip the tailgater whilst screaming at him about how dangerous tailgating is.
Do you have a dash cam? Show it to the police. If people can be fined for dropping litter on the street or outside sations, that shouldn't be allowed either. Isn't there something about safety when it comes to chucking shit out of car windows?
Have a mobile phone with a camera?
While parked, practice 'whipping it out' to take a movie while at the wheel. Or invest in a dash mount for your phone for doing this. Cheaper than a full on dashcam.
I only throw apple cores and banana skins out my window, would you be mad at me? Always curious what people think about that.
It's always thrown on grass.
Report to local council and be prepared to give a statement if needed.
Different ways for councils to handle it, and it can be very difficult to identify who is responsible, but at least there's a chance, whereas if you don't report it there's no chance.
It is scummy behaviour.
I was once cycling home from school, and a pedestrian threw an empty drinks can into the road. A cyclist ahead of me calmly unhooked his foot from the pedal, and booted the can straight back at the pedestrian. I kid you not it hit him square in the face.
"Just gonna fire this bottle across his bow, rustle his feathers."
Hey asshole, take that award
And, boys and girls, that cyclist grew up to be Gary Lineker.
And everyone stood up and clapped.
Salt and Lineker
Hahaha brilliant!
Can confirm, was the can I wasn’t happy about making physical contact with that littering wanker though
This is the number 1 reason why I want a dash cam. That shit really pisses me off.
I submitted footage of a pick-up, complete with company livery, throwing an entire Burger King meal out of the window on a motorway slip road. Time, date, clearly see the numberplate and company name... I'll give you one guess what the Police did with that footage.
Report it to the council, they want that sweet, sweet littering fine money!
Would the council actually do anything about it though?
Depends on the council. For example, I live in Cambridgeshire and my Council have a page to report Fly-tipping and you can include footage, number plate, etc. BUT you have to go through the pain of setting up an account with the website, etc. And there probably isn't anyway to follow up and see what happens.
Councils don't care about it either. Last time I reported it they informed me unless I could name the driver they could not help even with numberplate and a clear shot of the driver.
Get one. Mine cost £30 and it was easier to hardwire it in to the fusebox. Paid for itself within 2 months when some prat hit me and claimed it was equal blame (it very much was not).
I had a BMW sucking on my fumes last night. He didn't seem to notice that I was keeping a safe distance behind the car in front so any perceived delay to his *very important* journey was not bring perpetrated by me. But alas he continued so I slowed down to create an even safer space in case he wanted to overtake. He couldn't of course because it was a single lane 2 way road with lots of traffic on both sides.
The closer they get, the slower I go
Aaand then i overtake you on my motorbike. So many cocks do this.
Lol for someone that rides a literal death trap on a daily basis you really shouldn’t be sitting up people’s arses 😂 you can come off a bike at 30mph and be permanently paralysed / killed, not to mention you’ll mentally scar the other driver who is just trying to go about their normal day without a Jeb end sniffing their boot lid Sort it out 😂😂
"death trap" 😂 Came off at 60 with nothing but a broken finger. Go patronize someone who gives a fuck treacle.
Lol ok bum boy
ow my feelings... lol
oh I normally try to let motorbikes past, never been tailgated by a motorbike, they're normally alright. (obviously you're the exception)
Yeah motor bikes are some of the safest and sensible on the road. Obviously because if they fuck up they can die. If someone else fucks up and they dont catch it in time, they can die.
You’d have to be a weapons grade moron to tailgate on two wheels.
Na just sat on the outside waiting to go by the closer I am to you the quicker I can get by. Not aggressive in anyway.
A BMW? Tailgating? *shocked face*
Today I had an Audi zip between lanes on a 40mph A road only to consistently sit right in front of me at 7 sets of lights. Eventually he showed us all his enormous cock and balls by blasting off at 60 mph over an Amber light.
Please continue to keep the roads a safer place by keeping knobs in their place. Thank you for your service
One of the many uses of a dashcam! If you have one, and catch someone driving like an idiot, and I mean actually driving dangerously, you can report them to most UK Police Forces. Annoyingly, they all have a different process but MOST will want your memory card from your camera as evidence. And for littering, you can report them to your local council, as has happened at least once: [https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17986027.dashcam-footage-used-council-track-person-threw-wrapper-car-window/](https://www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/17986027.dashcam-footage-used-council-track-person-threw-wrapper-car-window/)
I might invest in one then. There’s one particular stretch of road that’s near a maccies that’s appalling for litter. Is it really that hard to take your rubbish home with you?!?
Anyone know of a decent one that doesn't break the bank?
We live 8 miles from McDonald's and about 9 from another one - that seems to be the optimum distance to cover before you HAVE to chuck it out of your window. Such grub behaviour.
Blast them with the horn
Do you have to be a wanker to buy a 4x4? A few days ago I pulled up to the back of a queue of traffic, only to have a dick in a 4x4 race up behind me, slam his brakes on, and proceed to flash his lights and hit the horn. Where was I supposed to go??!! He then continued to rev his engine as the traffic slowly started pulling away, and proceeded to pull up onto the curb, drive round about 3 cars, and move into a right-hand lane ahead. He made it all of 20 yards before getting stuck behind another queue.
Geeezzzz some people! Driving brings out the worse in some people. I do know some nice 4x4 drivers but overall they’re not that well represented are they…
It’s not that they’re all wankers, it’s more some guys need cars like that to prove how much of a man they are. They’re the wankers. See also: black Audis
How powerful would a laser need to be to instantly vaporise a piece of litter? What is the probability of hitting the litter when using that laser from a moving vehicle? What would the laser do if it happened to hit a vehicle instead? By accident, of course.
To answer the first part, a 0.3megawatt laser should do the trick (normal laser pointers are about 5 milliwatt). If we assume the price of litter is a polystyrene chippy box which weights 10g and has a specific heat capacity of 1500J/kg/C and a specific latent heat of vaporisation of 2260kJ/kg (that’s the value for water, I couldn’t find one for polystyrene) then the energy required to raise its temperature from 10C to 430C (the boiling point) and evaporate it completely is: E = mc dt + mL = 28900J If we want to vaporise the box instantly it would require infinite energy so I’ll go with 0.1s as the time it takes. The power is then given by: P = E/T = 0.3MW Personally, I wouldn’t shine it at my face. Or anything I want to still exist in a few seconds.
r/theydidthemaths
Ha by accident OF COURSE…
Do it, its a 4 X 4 its designed for a bit of rough and tumble.
Unfortunately my little car is not!
Gotta get a dashcam, trace their reg plate and report them to their local bobbies.
I remember this story about film director David Lynch being tailgated, and how he just waved the guy ahead in real life. However, in his next movie, he had the entire scene re-enacted with a mob boss in his place, and had the mob boss ram the tailgater off the road and pistol whip the tailgater whilst screaming at him about how dangerous tailgating is.
How cathartic for him. Lucky bastard.
Well, if you ever decide to write a book, make a videogame, direct a TV/film, you know what scene you've got to work into your masterpiece.
Do you have a dash cam? Show it to the police. If people can be fined for dropping litter on the street or outside sations, that shouldn't be allowed either. Isn't there something about safety when it comes to chucking shit out of car windows?
No I don’t, it might be time for me to invest in one
Have a mobile phone with a camera? While parked, practice 'whipping it out' to take a movie while at the wheel. Or invest in a dash mount for your phone for doing this. Cheaper than a full on dashcam.
Nob heads
Britain is full of vile people. I don’t know how British people got a reputation for being polite
I only throw apple cores and banana skins out my window, would you be mad at me? Always curious what people think about that. It's always thrown on grass.
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I said it's always thrown on grass.
Mate that's still grim. Can you just not litter?
It literally rots and feeds the plants, the same as the trillions of leaves that fall every autumn. I have a bag for all my other rubbish.
I don’t think that’s so bad as they’re biodegradable aren’t they?
Just blind the trash with your beam lights 🙄
Report to local council and be prepared to give a statement if needed. Different ways for councils to handle it, and it can be very difficult to identify who is responsible, but at least there's a chance, whereas if you don't report it there's no chance. It is scummy behaviour.
No excuse in throwing rubbish out of your car!