'Urine Trouble,' some states warn truckers ('trucker bombs' litter roads)

[kskiska]

SEATTLE — Roadside litter comes in all shapes and sizes — from dirty diapers to syringes — but there's one category that out-grosses the rest: trucker bombs.

Most drivers whiz along the nation's highways largely oblivious to their roadside surroundings. But next time you are out there, take a closer look.

"As soon as you look for it you’ll see it," says Megan Warfield, litter programs coordinator at Washington state's Department of Ecology. "You just see them glistening in the sun. It’s just gross."

They are trucker bombs, plastic jugs full of urine tossed by truckers, and even non-truckers, who refuse to make a proper potty stop to relieve themselves.

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Mowers 'hit them, they explode'
In April, Colorado increased its "human waste" fine from $40 to $500. Transportation employees convinced lawmakers of the need for the drastic increase with their tales of finding urine jugs as they mowed roadway ditches. "We hit them, they explode. The operator ends up wearing this stuff," Randy Dobyns told state senators.

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[Theres-a]

1. EEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW

:puke:

[Stuckinthebush]

2. Well, urine is sterile

It would be the other kind of trucker bomb that would be a danger to public health. Although I can't imagine the way one would engage in making such a bomb.

[MrMonk]

6. but not for long

Bacteria and fungi love to feed on urine. Unless its frozen or otherwise preserved, it starts to rot within hours after it leaves the bladder.
Most of us would not want to be splashed with that stuff.

[Stuckinthebush]

7. Well, there is that

I guess I was thinking of an either/or situation in which I'd take the urine over the other, but really I don't think either would be pleasing!

[Wright Patman]

3. Most drivers "whiz" along the nation's highways?

So why single out truckers?

[DBoon]

5. Most drivers don't save it up in plastic jugs

note comment about roadside mowers coming across "exploding" plastic jugs of urine. YEKKKK

[whistle]

4. That is pretty bad alright......

[deacon2]

8. Gee whiz! n/t

[Up2Late]

9. Yuck, Exploding Urine bottles!

[LuPeRcALiO]

10. if it happened to me

I'd be pissed!

[Up2Late]

11. I really need to find a smiley that is like from "Scanners"...

...where he shakes for a bit, then explodes for Jokes like that.

[ozymandius]

12. Here's a map.