Leaving urine or stool in a public place can create unsanitary conditions. Even if you do your best to clean the area, you're still leaving behind germs and odors. Contrary to popular belief, urine is not sterile and contains certain levels of bacteria.
The thing is, in one way or another, public urination is considered an offence everywhere in Australia and there are no exemptions for using a car tyre as a makeshift urinal. Public urination is a straight-up offence in Queensland, South Australia and the ACT.
Try using water and a little bit of hand soap.
This will help to clean the urine smell out of your pants. You can try rubbing a tiny little bit of soap into the pants. Put some in your hand and rub it into the pants when you get into a bathroom stall. Dry up the stain with paper towels and dry it with a hand dryer.
Pee in the dark.
If you are out at night, you might be tempted to pee against a street lamp, but this will only make it easier for a police officer to spot you. Instead, pick a dark, shadowy alley or an unlit park. If you are out with friends, make sure they know you are going into a dark spot to pee.
Use a Pee-Kerchief.
If you're not wearing a harness, find a spot where you have some privacy and squat, pee and wipe. It's important that you pee 200 feet away from water sources, trails and campsites to avoid impacting the natural environment or risk spreading illness to fellow outdoor adventurers.
"Often, aiming for the sidewalls is the best approach. If you can reduce angle and stand closer, that is ideal. If you can only do one, stand closer. If standing closer isn't an option, reduce the impact angle."
Reach one hand in front and one hand in back and pull the fabric of your shorts forward and to one side before you let things flow. The tighter your shorts, the less likely you'll pee on them—if yours run a bit loose, consider pulling them to the back and over instead to avoid soiling the extra fabric.
Most penalties for public urination are laid out in the by-laws of individual local authorities under section 235 of the Local Government Act 1972. If you get caught going for a wee in public you are likely to be hit with a Penalty Notice for Disorder (PND) under Section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986.
How long can you survive by drinking pee? An extra day or two, at best. A healthy person's urine is about 95 percent water and sterile, so in the short term it's safe to drink and does replenish lost water.
By urinating in public, you may inadvertently damage the property of others. This can result in either criminal charges or a civil case being made against you. In some cities, property damage is considered an automatic consequence of urinating in public, under city ordinance laws.
No need to wander with your legs clenched looking for a bathroom. If there is not a urinal handy, it is legal to urinate on the left rear tire of your vehicle. Make sure that although it is the right tire, otherwise you risk being stopped.
Urine can be used as a fertiliser without fear it will fuel the spread of antibiotic resistance, researchers have revealed – although they urge caution against using fresh bodily waste to water crops. Urine is rich in nitrogen and phosphorus and has been used for generations to help plants grow.
Normal urine color ranges from pale yellow to deep amber — the result of a pigment called urochrome and how diluted or concentrated the urine is. Pigments and other compounds in certain foods and medications can change your urine color. Beets, berries and fava beans are among the foods most likely to affect the color.
Is clear urine always a good thing? In most cases, clear urine is a sign that you're well hydrated. And that's a positive thing because good hydration helps your body function at its best. But, in some cases, clear pee may mean that you're drinking too much water and you're too hydrated.
You can report this to the City of London Police by: calling 101 (unless it is taking place outside a school, in which case call 999) contacting your local police team by visiting the City of London Police Sector Policing (external link) page.
If you are convicted of a motoring offence by the court, you will have a criminal record. This applies to all sentences available to the court, including fines, which are imposed by the court in respect of nearly all, if not all, motoring convictions.
Unlike some other jurisdictions, there is no separate offence of 'public urination'. In NSW, this conduct is captured under 'offensive conduct' in the Summary Offences Act.
Mistake #4: Pushing
You shouldn't have to use your muscles to force urine out. A healthy bladder works best if the body just relaxes so that the bladder muscles naturally contract to let the urine flow, rather than using the abdominal muscles to bear down as with a bowel movement.
Why is “hovering” not a good idea? Squatting over instead of sitting down on the toilet can change the mechanics of urinating; over time that can increase the risk of lowering urinary tract symptoms including pelvic floor dysfunction and infections.
"Most surfaces you pee into, such as porcelain, are hydrophilic, which is a disadvantage. The water spreads across them, creating a puddle to splash into," said Mr Hurd.
Urinary Physical Characteristics
The specific gravity of urine may range from 1.002 to 1.037. The mean calorific content of urine may be approximately 100 kcal/day.
Sasson added that putting urine in a microwave can also destroy the urine by causing it to overheat. "There's all these different ways that laboratory test[s] can be done to basically look for samples that are not fresh, that are not clean, that are not given at that moment," she said.
Water purification tablets is another quick way to drink your urine, because they're small and easy to carry, but they usually contain iodine which kills bacteria and not all of the specific waste products in your urine. Building a solar still is the best way to go, but more time consuming.
Urine contains a number of beneficial nutrients also found in commercial fertilizer, such as “nitrogen, a little bit of phosphorus and potassium, which are all needed for a healthy lawn,” Owen Duckworth, associate professor of biogeochemistry at North Carolina State University, told Popular Mechanics.