Farmer's ice

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Polluted road in harvest time

Bauer ice or farmer smoothness is in Germany a colloquial term for slippery roads caused by agricultural or forestry contamination of the roadway caused. The phenomenon occurs mainly in autumn during the harvest time .

Description, occurrence, avoidance

So-called farm ice occurs when agricultural vehicles, such as tractors , move from the fields to paved roads. The road surface is often soiled by clods of clay or earth hanging in the coarse tires or on the attachments of the agricultural machinery, by straw or other harvested products. If this pollution is then wet from rain or fog, a film of lubricant forms on the road, which has a similar effect to black ice and increases the risk of accidents . Depending on the weather and harvest time, this type of slipperiness occurs mainly in autumn and in rural areas. The police and automobile clubs regularly warn car and motorcyclists in particular about the dangers of farm ice.

In general, it applies to every vehicle that "the driver has to remove large amounts of soil that are stuck to a vehicle, especially on its wheels, before driving onto a dust-free road", i.e. without restrictions or special features also for tractors, harvesting machines and the like agricultural vehicles. In this regard, for example, the right choice of tire profile is recommended depending on the condition of the grassland or field. The falling of parts of the load generally falls under load securing and applies in agriculture as well as with construction site vehicles and other bulk goods transports. Avoidance of this includes in particular the structural equipment or subsequently attached transport nets and the like, not to overfill the device and a check for loss of cargo on the part of the transporter.

Legal situation

According to § 32 traffic blocks the road traffic regulations (StVO) the cause of road dirt is obliged in Germany, helps remove immediately again when may arise dangers for road transport. Dirty road sections are also to be provided with warning signs in accordance with the duty of traffic safety . In the Austrian road traffic regulations, § 92 road pollution regulates the prohibition of "gross" road pollution and the requirements for cleaning. In the Swiss Traffic Regulations Ordinance (VRV) , this is stated in Art. 59 Roadway Protection .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dangers of harvest time: Beware of “farm ice”. In: Hamburger Abendblatt. September 23, 2015, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  2. ↑ Police warn of “peasant black ice”. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung. May 11, 2010, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Stefan Weißenborn: Black ice on farms and first frost: Accident-free driving on cold days. In: Aachener Zeitung. August 20, 2013, accessed March 9, 2016 .
  4. ↑ For example, the wording in § 92, Paragraph 1, 3rd sentence of the Austrian Road Traffic Act (ÖSTVO) as an exemplary example.
  5. ↑ For example: Horst Cielejewski: Method of slurry application : tires. ( Memento from April 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Landwirtschaftskammer.de (accessed March 20, 2016).
  6. ↑ a b cf. Load securing on vehicles for maize harvest. Load securing portal, lasiportal.de (citing recommendations of the Rotenburg police station, presseportal.de/polizeipresse; accessed March 20, 2016).
  7. ↑ cf. For example, safe transport in agriculture and forestry - types of load securing and technical principles of loading. aid infodienst agriculture, food, nutrition, 2012, ISBN 978-3-8308-1065-0 . (lasiportal.de)
  8. ↑ The legal situation: The polluter must sweep! top agrar , October 2012, accessed on March 9, 2016 .
  9. ↑ Art. 59 Protection of the roadway . In: Traffic Rules Ordinance. The Swiss Federal Council, January 1, 2016, accessed on March 9, 2016 .