We seem to have to accept a certain amount of mud on B roads but now and again the farmers excel themselves and transform a section of road to being a death trap. I'm more than aware of what can lay in wait on one of my commuting routes, West of Nunney (Nr Frome) in Somerset on the old Wells Road. This week I was nearly thrown off by about an inch of wet mud, not just in the centre of my side of the road but all over it.
I live near good farmers so I'm not being anti country just trying to stay upright!
What can be done, surely there must be a way of adding something in the field to get rid of most of the excess mud before the tractor pulls out onto the road, or even a deal with the Council to send out a road cleaner after they have driven mud everywhere. A small painted sign saying "Mud on road" is useless during dark hours. The Polices answer is to close the road, surely if I was to go out and throw half a ton of slippery crap onto my local road I would be arrested?
