teccer1234 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 last week on the morning of 11-11-21, I was travelling along the M4 towards Bristol, the roads were dry but I couldn't understand why my windscreen was getting wet and dirty until I got closer to the campervan in front, he was discharging his waste water onto the motorway, not the done thing is it!!! it's a good job I was not police in an unmarked car as I'm sure he would have been pulled up and fined Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I quite Agree. He should have gone into London to dump it, to get his money's worth from the pollution charge :-D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Sorry to be flippant. But they moan about camper vans putting grey water down the rainwater drains into rivers. When the Utility Companies are pumping raw sewage in. Apparently they can't get the chemicals to treat it now. Due to that word we are forbidden to use on Motorhome Matters ;-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goldi Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Coaches used to do it all the time , Don,t know if they still do, Trains used to dump raw sewage onto the tracks which is why you were told not to use the toilet at the station. It's not a a polite thing to do dump grey waste but it could be worse. ,just keep your distance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec176 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Word of caution, under the data protection act I think the driver of the van could in theory take you to court so you might want to obliterate his number plate or remove the photo. After all you are accusing him of doing something he might or might not be aware if. It might be he didn't realise he was dumping waste water. I've sat for ages dumping my waste before leaving a site only to move off, thinking it was empty and for loads more to pour out. I think I've read in one of the magazines that to prepare your van for winter after draining down grey and clean water to drive around to try and remove the excess, maybe that's what he was doing, or maybe not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BruceM Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 It’s a potential defamation issue rather than a data protection issue so of higher risk. That aside, unless there’s incontrovertible proof that the driver is knowingly dumping waste water which I suspect would be difficult - especially as it might just as easily be the potable water from a heater frost valve malfunction or even engine related - it’s probably best to give the driver the benefit of the doubt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 I’ve blanked out the motorhome’s number-plate in the photo in the original thread. (I remember someone telling me that they’d been pulled over by the police on a UK motorway having just returned from France on an overnight crossing. The policeman said “Do you know, sir, that your vehicle has been reported for blowing bubbles?” The wife had to go to work as soon as they arrived home and, in order to save time, had decided to use the motorhome’s shower while the husband drove carefully at a steady speed. The waste-water tank had been emptied before leaving France, but its drain tap had not been fully closed - hence the soapy bubbles. The wife (young and wearing a skimpy towel) emerged from the bathroom and aplogised. The policeman was suitably impressed and no further action was taken.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevec176 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Sorry, yes Bruce your right but displaying the number plate might be covered under data protection but anyway don't think it's wise to display such things without permission. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
costaexpress Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 Wow, that's one big waste water tank if the driver had made it all the way to the motorway and some way down it and it was still discharging, when I let my waste go its gone long before I reach the slip road Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John52 Posted November 14, 2021 Share Posted November 14, 2021 stevec176 - 2021-11-14 1:55 PM Word of caution, under the data protection act I think the driver of the van could in theory take you to court so you might want to obliterate his number plate or remove the photo. After all you are accusing him of doing something he might or might not be aware if. It might be he didn't realise he was dumping waste water. I've sat for ages dumping my waste before leaving a site only to move off, thinking it was empty and for loads more to pour out. I think I've read in one of the magazines that to prepare your van for winter after draining down grey and clean water to drive around to try and remove the excess, maybe that's what he was doing, or maybe not. I can't see what grounds the driver would have for taking anyone to court. Certainly no chance of success because nobody accused him of doing it deliberately. Only of dumping liquid on the carriageway and the proof is there in the photo. Probably on the motorway cameras too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Uzzell Posted November 15, 2021 Share Posted November 15, 2021 I've deleted several earlier posting from this thread, edited one posting and frozen the thread. John52 and Tracker - this is NOT the Chatterbox forum, so don't treat it as if it were. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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