AIBU - Weeing in lay-bys is anti social and fines should apply

It doesn't have to be done in motion but you do need to be standing up, which you obviously can't do in a car.

To be fair, I'm not disagreeing with you about the whole roadside weeing issue. Just the portable urinal in the car - for women anyway, I don't think it's really a solution.

Do you think dogs shouldn’t wee either? Maybe they also should carry a contraption.

I’ve weed in laybys. If my (weak) bladder starts to hurt, I’m going to be very distracted at the wheel.

Totally. They are supposed to make it easier and more discreet but I find you have to pull your trousers down a fair bit so you are still standing there with your arse hanging out. And unless you've angled it correctly the wee will just back flow all over your hands and clothes. I'd rather squat thanks.

@soupfiend

i can't work it out either!

Especially now I'm older, I might have managed when much younger. I don't know why wee starts preferring to go in every direction as you age, but it seems common. I haven't even birthed children or anything?!

Anywat, try not to let this thread upset you. You do what you need to, when you need to 🌷

@Cornettoninja we live close to a motorway so there are several lay-bys on the run up to it. Our road is being treated as a lay-by as the others are so busy. The next one along has a bloody portaloo and lots of bins as there's a cafe in a portacabin there but people still piss on the roadside and don't use the bins for their rubbish. People are just disgusting.

The council don't respond to any complaints.

@TheGhostOfKatesProlapse some people seem to completely lack an ability to plan ahead, I agree.

The person who commented about public toilets being closed or not provided because of the way some are treated is spot on. Also contributing is local authorities being short of money, and for some male toilets, those who use them to meet other men for sexual purposes.

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well done, I was too busy thinking 'where the fuck is that?'

Very true, this is why they got rid of the ones in my town centre. No toilets anywhere now except pubs
Why are there people who behave like chimps. Such a small minority but ruin it

My OH bought one of these for me for when we're out walking in the countryside.

Utterly useless, wee everywhere all over my shoes and trousers.

I'd love to know how people use these successfully

We'd have more public toilets if people didn't behave like animals.
We all have to suffer because of the people that trash and graffiti public loos with what you pray is only paint but are often dismayed to discover is warmer and thicker than any paint you'll find in b&q.

If the public weren't filthy pigs we'd have public facilities.

Not that the lack of them means it's ok to piss in public of course. I shouldn't even need to clarify that.

Quite right to be so affronted.

What we need is for every layby in rural Scotland/Wales/Ireland/Devon/Northumberland/Norfolk/Cornwall/Shropshire to have a toilet installed. Preferably with Baylis and Harding toiletries. Just think of the number of people you could employ as a bonus.

I'm guessing you don't do much travel in rural locations....

On a serious note we are shockingly badly set up in this country for public anything, including loos.

If you are able to use a shewee in a moving car while sitting down I'd really like to know how.

I thought you might have been taking the piss, no pun.

If you're serious, what do you mean by portable loo in the back seat, what is this thing?

This.. all that matters is that they've pulled over safely. The wee will disappear into the ground and the same spot probably doesn't get peed on twice

No laybys on motorways, not quite sure what people think they are seeing, perhaps the pull sections for emergencies or where the emergency phones are. Laybys are on A roads or other roads, we have them on country roads round here and an A road which is the only road we can use for 30 miles until we reach the motorway.

I can't get worked up about this especially when it rains so much and washes it away.

Laughing a bit at the thought that the side of the road is considered “wild”. I love a nature wee if I’m honest but wouldn’t want to do it in view of other people. Agree that dogs pee all over the pavement/people’s fences etc. and we just accept it but have a problem with humans peeing. As long as genitals are not on full show I couldn’t get upset about people being caught short somewhere that isn’t a public footpath. Would much prefer that to the plastic bottles of orange liquid along the verges!

This. Been seeing increasing numbers of bottles o'piss alongside motorways. See also bagging up dog poo and leaving it.

My car has darkened rear windows which helps!

@soupfiend yes and yes although I spend a lot of time in trackies which are easier!

@TheYearOfSmallThings me too really but not possible in built up areas or car parks when you're desperate.

Can't believe no one's made a joke about a sense of Dacorum

OMG this!

most toilets are shut and those that are not are usually disgusting; had to go in one in town the other day and there was pooh all over the seat and toilet.
my partner has bladder issues due to diabetes and I have irritable bladder so if we have to go we have to go.