Lucky escape for rider!

Apparently, the driver was 88 years old, the police have spoken to him but taking no further action as he has said that her horse jumped out infront of his car and kicked out at it, despite several other riders witnessing it and confirming that this is not the case nothing will be done about it!
 
Er, "suitable words of advice were given to both parties ..." :eek:

One assumes then that they told the 88 year old driver that if he couldn't see several horses or recognise hand signals that maybe it was time to stop driving :rolleyes:
 
Once again the police show little regard for horse riders.

The car driven by an 88 yr old clips the horse throwing the rider into a hedge and the pony then jumps over her in order to escape the car. The elderly driver is going too fast, ignores requests to slow down until the riders can pull in to a passing place and drives into the back of one of the horses.

The police action was 'suitable words of advice to both parties' ?????

Replace the words 'horse' and 'rider' for mother and pushchair. What would the police action be then ?
 
horserider said:
Once again the police show little regard for horse riders.

The car driven by an 88 yr old clips the horse throwing the rider into a hedge and the pony then jumps over her in order to escape the car. The elderly driver is going too fast, ignores requests to slow down until the riders can pull in to a passing place and drives into the back of one of the horses.

The police action was 'suitable words of advice to both parties' ?????

Replace the words 'horse' and 'rider' for mother and pushchair. What would the police action be then ?
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Good point and well said
 
I too would love to know what advice was given to the rider who could have been killed?

Horse riders get a poor deal from British police I know from my own experiences in the UK.
 
Nearly happened to me.

About 3 years ago i was riding Jess(RIP) back towards the farm on a 60mph country lane(why they are 60mph is beyond me) when i heard a powerful car coming from behind me. I put my hand out to ask him to slow down but he flew past in his audi..i swore..as you do... and waved my fist in the air and to my astonshment he slammed on his brakes and stopped. He jumped out and started marching towards us so i casually reached for my crop which was tucked into my right boot. Just then his passenger door flew open and ..what i assume to be his missus...jumped out ran towards us..grabbed him...punched him on the arm and dragged him back to his car..all the time giving him a right ear bashing.

She then shut her door and screamed at him to " F off home..you idiot" ,walked back towards us and apologised about his behaviour and asked if there was any way i could arrange to take her home.

I let her follow me on foot back to the farm and once i'd sorted Jessi gave her a lift home..was only a few miles.

She told me he'd just got his new company car and drove everywhere like a "rhymes with Rock..but begins with a C".

I explained to her that trying to attack a man armed with a crop on a 16.2 TB was probably not wise either..and maybe she should tell him so when she got in.

Never had any issues since...and he still passes by on the same road..only alot slower and wider.
 
daviedevs said:
Nearly happened to me.

About 3 years ago i was riding Jess(RIP) back towards the farm on a 60mph country lane(why they are 60mph is beyond me) when i heard a powerful car coming from behind me. I put my hand out to ask him to slow down but he flew past in his audi..i swore..as you do... and waved my fist in the air and to my astonshment he slammed on his brakes and stopped. He jumped out and started marching towards us so i casually reached for my crop which was tucked into my right boot. Just then his passenger door flew open and ..what i assume to be his missus...jumped out ran towards us..grabbed him...punched him on the arm and dragged him back to his car..all the time giving him a right ear bashing.

She then shut her door and screamed at him to " F off home..you idiot" ,walked back towards us and apologised about his behaviour and asked if there was any way i could arrange to take her home.

I let her follow me on foot back to the farm and once i'd sorted Jessi gave her a lift home..was only a few miles.

She told me he'd just got his new company car and drove everywhere like a "rhymes with Rock..but begins with a C".

I explained to her that trying to attack a man armed with a crop on a 16.2 TB was probably not wise either..and maybe she should tell him so when she got in.

Never had any issues since...and he still passes by on the same road..only alot slower and wider.
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this is brilliant - although glad to know that it isn't just females that get hassle when asked to slow down as well - its so unecessary - we can all share the roads perfectly respectful of each other if we all just did our part - agree horse owners should try their best to seen and be polite - but on flip side car drivers should be respectful of the fact we are riding animals which do have a mind of their own and do get scared if some idiot drives up behind them at whatever MPH thinking its funny cos he has a new shiny toy to play with. Good for the woman though standing up for you too if she can have an impact on that guy and there were a few more like her around we may stand a chance!!
 
horserider said:
Once again the police show little regard for horse riders.

The car driven by an 88 yr old clips the horse throwing the rider into a hedge and the pony then jumps over her in order to escape the car. The elderly driver is going too fast, ignores requests to slow down until the riders can pull in to a passing place and drives into the back of one of the horses.

The police action was 'suitable words of advice to both parties' ?????

Replace the words 'horse' and 'rider' for mother and pushchair. What would the police action be then ?
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Very true. When I made a complaint about a reckless driver and gave make, reg and colour of car they almost moaned that they would now have to follow it up. Errr yeah.

Never heard back from them - surprise, surprise
 
did you know that apparently the advice to cyclists when approaching horses from behind is to use their bells (think this may be in the highway code!) Will someone please tell them that most horses don't like bells and just a gentle "cyclist coming through" is better. Our local cycling club shout HORSE at the top of their voices when they are approaching so I now shout CYCLISTS at the top of my voice when they approach (once they've shouted HORSE) - always causes a titter!
 
whilst I am not condoning for one minute the actions of the driver some horse riders riding in large groups do not seem to realise that they are extremely difficult to pass if they are all together in a group or spread out without room for a car to overtake one group and then pull over in front of them in order to take over a second group of riders.

If the case is that the group (whether it be walkes, cyclist or rider) are too large to stay as a single group then they should split up but leave sufficient room in between them for a vechicle to over take the first group and then wait in front of that first group PATIENTLY to then ~(when safe to do so) over take the second group.

I don't think everyone is aware of that. We have a large cycling community by us as our yard is just off a main A road and we have a lot of cycle racing. Sometimes it is extremely difficult to find enough time (or stretch of road without bends) to overtake when there is a large group of cyclists together.
 
Emily555 said:
So many drivers have no regard for riders! They forget we're on an unpredictable animal and driving quickly and frightening the horse doesn't help!

I think there should be more penalties for dangerous driving and he should not be driving at that age!
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I agree with everything on this thread (and obviously some have not read the highway code regarding horses) but a lot drivers are not aware that horses are unpredictable.

Opinions I've come across are, "all the rider does is sit there, and dallies along the road." People believe a horse on the road is not much different to a cyclist, ie. it will stay on the side of the road and they are not aware that the horse can easily get a fright (but it's bigger than everything else) and jump in front of them.

Workmates were astounded when I told them how fragile horses can be and for instance, scared of a plastic bag and how the horse sees it.

To a non-horsey person - cars are normal and an everyday thing, like so many things horses are scared of, so they take it for granted that a horse will behave and is easily controlled.



Thankfully there were no injuries - this time. What about next time?
 
highlandponylady said:
did you know that apparently the advice to cyclists when approaching horses from behind is to use their bells (think this may be in the highway code!) Will someone please tell them that most horses don't like bells and just a gentle "cyclist coming through" is better.
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Really? How ridiculous.
 
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