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A truck nearly ran us over on a hack today!

We were crossing a main road to get onto a track, both of us checked for traffic and when all was clear off we went. A big bloomin industrial truck thing came speeding round the corner whilst we were half way across and i held out my hand for him to slow a bit. But i'm pretty certain he in fact sped up! Was going up hill so no excuse there, and were were both wearing hi viz. He whizzed past us and missed by just a few feet. Unfortunately i was the one at the back, and was only my second time on the notoriously spooky share horse hacking out. Never mind him spooking, i almost weed myself thinking we were going to get run over! No need for it what so ever. Poor boy nearly had heart failure (and me! And other 2 who were already on pavement).

Just wanted a rant, as shouting 'T****r' up the road after him didn't quite make me feel better.


On a similar note, why does almost everyone these days think it's ok to tailgate. Look, i can't go any faster than the person in front, and getting right up my bum at 85mph isn't going to change that. If i can't see your front tires in my rear view mirror at that speed, me thinks you're too close. Yet 8/10 people on the motorways at the mo seem to be doing this!?

Just a rant about the general stupidity of some people. Feel free to add your rant about anyone who has annoyed you with their stupidity today
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Poor you, how terrifying! I more than understand, my old mare is not good in traffic - ok up to transit size but anything larger requires us to take cover in a driveway
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most lorry drivers are really good but you get the odd ar*e who, despite the sight of the rider rotating her arms as though she is learning how to fly and a horse spinning and legging it down the road KEEP COMING. Honestly you do have to question their intelligence!

Re the tail gaters on the road, I am afraid I am a bit naughty
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I put up with it for a while, but if they carry on I just suddenly brake hard. If they want to get intimately aquainted with the prominent tow bar on my Discovery feel free
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The pure shock and fear on the drivers face is priceless! They usually keep a VERY respectful distance after that
 
Well i do usually tap my break pedal to try and put them off, but if i break hard at high speed on the motorway i will die in my little toyota. Besides, it doesn't seem to make a difference any more... they rarely back off. I do drive slower to annoy them though
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Poor you! Glad you were OK in the end but it sounds pretty frightening! All of mine are fine in traffic, but some drivers are absolutely insane! We ride on single lane roads with high hedgerows and I've lost count of the number of times we've had to stand in the middle of the road listening to something roaring round and bend and waiting to see if we will die (we wear all the hi-viz known to man and we would move to the side, but there really is no space!!!).
 
sounds like a nightmare, i'd always scoot across a road like that just in case a loony came round the corner.
re: tailgates, i put my hazards on for a blink or two. they usually get the message immediately, and it's not as dangerous as hitting the brakes...
 
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Well i do usually tap my break pedal to try and put them off, but if i break hard at high speed on the motorway i will die in my little toyota. Besides, it doesn't seem to make a difference any more... they rarely back off. I do drive slower to annoy them though
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I have been on the road all my working life and usually cover something like 35,000 business miles a year.

I'm the guy at 70 mph on cruise control in the middle or inside lane, laughing at all the jerks using the outside lane as a race track. However, I am also the poor schmuck who gets to sit in 2 hour long traffic jams when the racers get it all wrong (as they frequently do).

Just an off the cuff thought here, but have you tried pulling over, slowing down and letting the car behind get past. They will no longer be on your tailgate, and I will have a better chance of getting to my appointments on time.

As for the lorry driver........can't think of the words, but I'm sure Pedantic will do the honours perfectly
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know how you feel most of my hacks are 50% roads because our bridlewak networks are crap, i have had boy racers pipping their horns some drivers have even stopped and shouted at me get on the paths your not supposed to be on the roads. Then there was the kids who threw a glass bottle behind my horse to frighten her i could go on but whats the point i try to think of all the loverly people who slow down and smile at me and of the old people who wait to hear us come up the road to give my horse a apple and the kids who know my horses names and come over for a pat.
 
Regarding tailgaters - I was told to put back windscreen washer on, or put rear fog lights on - they think you're braking and s**t themselves.

I know someone who was a few months ago hit by a speeding car on their horse, rider was rushed to hopsital with broken bones, luckily horse was fine, few scratches and bruises but no major injuries. She's fine out on the roads again too but sometimes we have to tuck her in beside someone else if something big passes. Strangely enough, she tucks in nicely beside my mare, who is really spooky but rises to the occassion when she needs to be a good girl. So proud, sorry!
 
I had a bad'un last week: we were crossing the road, and we (in front, loads of hi-viz) had committed to walking across when a car crested the hill at high speed (despite signs warning of horses and the word "slow" on the road). We were too far on the road to safely stop/turn back. He honked when he saw us, and I gave him the signal to stop. We got across and were riding on, when he stopped and started shouting at us, that we "should have looked". Person with me pointed out that he was speeding and the road was clear when we started to cross. He shouted that the speed limit was 60mph (which it is, but which is not safe on that stretch), and he "could do what he liked". In the end I resorted to a rather profane gesture
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, because there was simply no reasoning with him. I still wish I'd kept my cool!
 
Did you get the name of the company of the lorry? Id be giving there MD a call.
I had a very nice chat with a certain cement company who assured me it would send a letter to its outlets reminding them of country road dangers and to slow down when approaching horses
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I do a LOT of motorway driving too, and often at peak times unfortunately. I do usually move over eventually but then i can just see them going up the row bullying car after car out of the way and it really annoys me. Just means they think it works to get right up behind people and scare them out of the way.


Didn't see a company name on the one that nearly ran us over, it was a big scruffy thing with no logos etc, like they use for transporting soil/sand etc from large building sites. There were lots of lovely people that day though, i will just think of them as said above
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Ditto NeilM. I also usually sit at approx 70mph using all 3 lanes , aiming to get as much money out of my fuel allowance as possible and drive boringly safely. I let morons pass, it really doesn't bother me, they probably do have faster cars - whatever
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.. and just sometimes there is an umarked police car following a safe distance behind them that pulls them in further up the road and then you have the last laugh as you pass them on the hard shoulder

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True, but less so these days, as the Police are usually all busy, sweeping up the wreckage from the last two tail gaiters who decided to play chicken on the motorway at 85 mph.

Last big crash I saw was at Clevedon, on the M5 close to home. Several smashed up cars and a Mercedes 4X4 on its side, in the outside lane, wheels pointing towards the oncoming traffic. The nasty bit was the baby seat hanging out of the rear window on the drivers side. I only hope that happened AFTER the crash.

That, and dozens of similar incidents (and the best part of 1 million road miles under my belt) is why drive at 70 mph on cruise control in my 1.6 diesel car.
 
Lorries are on of my worst nightmares. FB and I were hit by a 40 tonne quarry truck (mercifully empty and travelling fairly slowly) when we were out hacking. My mate went hysterical as she thought we'd been knocked down the side of the cliff into the river valley. Actually we were standing behind the truck in a sort of shocked daze. No real harm done but very scary and it took both FB and I a while to get used to trucks again.
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Glad everyone was ok.
 
Oh I wasnt referring to Motorways - if someone is glued to my rear bumper when I am on the Motorway I just pull over and let them get on with it. I was referring to when you are on eg an A road in a queue of traffic so can only go at the speed of the one in front of you and yet some lunatic seems to think you can go faster if he acts all agressive and drives as close as possible. Those are the ones I give a fright by braking hard
 
god CM that sounds awful! Glad you were both ok!

I wish i had cruise control, that would be the life
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They even do it in the middle lane when the outside lane is empty, i've gestured at them to just overtake before now and they've just sat there. Maybe it's fun? I wouldn't know, i prefer not to die. They won't get caught, police are never around, hardly ever see them anywhere useful, even when they've been called out to it, let alone when they've not.

Have to admit i rarely get it on normal roads, but someone last week just would not back off, so i slowed riiiight down and laughed at their peed off faces in my mirror.
 
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