Carl Smith, who often goes for walks with his dog in the Doncaster area, got in touch with the Doncaster Free Press to publicise the problem of urine bottles being littered near lay-bys.
He told the local paper that the lorry drivers who litter the area around lay-bys with bottles of urine were “quite literally taking the p***”.
Mr Smith bemoaned that he comes across the discarded urine bottles “all the time” while walking around Doncaster.
The Doncaster resident added:
“I totally understand that people have a need to pee, but why don’t they just pull up and nip behind a tree? I don’t have an issue with that at all, nature calls for us all at some time or another. I don’t understand why you’d pee into a bottle first. Surely that’s more difficult to get the aim right and you would risk getting the urine all over yourself?”
Mr Smith then went on to tell of the time he witnessed a lorry driver relieve himself by urinating straight out of his cabin window.
Smith described the lorry driver as being “bold as brass” about the act, adding:
“He was kneeling on the passenger side seat, with his penis in his hand, merrily just peeing onto the grass below before zipping up and driving off. I just stood there dumbfounded as to what I was seeing. I just think it is absolutely disgusting and there’s just no need,” Mr Smith told the Doncaster Free Press.
The challenges presented to lorry drivers in the UK by the obvious lack of roadside facilities is well-documented. That said, many may consider the behaviour witnessed by Mr Smith to be “letting the side down” as far as the HGV driving community is concerned.
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