Recently the company has received a number of complaints because their vehicles have been dropping large quantities of mud etc. as they leave a large housing development site, which has few made up roads. This is:

Explanation: • Regrettable but there is nothing that can be done about it: No, it is possible to do something to prevent this or at least minimise the effect of such an occurrence.
• Just one of those things that local residents will have to put up with for the time being: No, the local residents should not have to put up with a practice that may have potentially dangerous consequences.
• Because the spray suppression equipment on the trucks is not working efficiently: No, concrete mixers are exempt from the requirements to fit spray suppression equipment so it probably is not fitted to these trucks.
• Illegal and both drivers and operator could have legal action, including imprisonment, taken against them: Yes, leaving anything likely to cause a danger on the highway is illegal and both driver and operator could have enforcement action, including prosecution, taken against them.

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