Give Horses a Wide Berth

[Howard]

Think everything has been well and truly covered - you did very well in a difficult situation. I would have been worried about a car scorching up behind through the S bend with no visability and nowhere to go - ouch!

The only thing I'd like to add (and you may have done this), when the horse started coming your way - get off the bike and stand behind it. If it kicks you you don't want to get stuck in the middle!

 

[ELIMINATOR]

Riding along on the outskirts of Southampton, two horse and riders. One considerately riding on the verge, the other stupid bitch, holding up all the traffic. Selfish wankers most of them.

 

[Ravenbyrne]

Paddy Dakar Approach

There's a guy on this site, think he calls himself "Paddy Dakar"......... anyway his way of letting rider and horse know his approaching is to press long and hard on the horn while revving his moto

 

[plrb]

Hmm, better not come across me or my family riding then or he will be having it surgically removed

 

[Surrey Yeoman]

Hmmmm, Horse, TASTY!

................but needs to be slow cooked to make it tender and get the best flavour from it!


Yumm Yumm!

 

[FlooFoo]

There's a guy on this site, think he calls himself "Paddy Dakar"......... anyway his way of letting rider and horse know his approaching is to press long and hard on the horn while revving his moto

Ah, the pouring petrol on embers approach to life.

 

[rc mad]

i had something similar recently, only the horse was coming the other way, first clue was the car behind with hazards on. Slowed right down as usual and the horse did something similar to the one in the vid so i killed the engine, pulled over and got off the bike. Took skid lid off and moved away from the bike in the hope the horse would recognise me as a human (just barely i might add) and calm down. Worked a treat and both the laidies were very thankful

The lass in the car was absolutly crapping herself, apparently the horse was just having a bad day. I waited around until the horse was a distance away before setting off again, didn't want thesound of the bike starting up to scare the horse, even had an old dude stop and ask if i was ok. Not a bad experiance in all really, sure i was delayed slightly but so what.

 

[Wegby]

There's a guy on this site, think he calls himself "Paddy Dakar"......... anyway his way of letting rider and horse know his approaching is to press long and hard on the horn while revving his moto

I once saw a London courier with a sticker on the back of his bike claiming 'I speed up for horses...'. Guess he didn't get that much opportunity in London though.

There's a few fair comments knocking aroung on the subject though. Fair enough, it's prudent to react quickly to the hazzard, however, I agree with those who believe that horse riders - if they want to use the public road system - should have statutory obligations to insure themselves / the horse against TP liabilities - and some sort of Animal Licence duty wouldn't go amiss either (CH4 ratings...???). Probably wouldn't be a bad idea having a 'suitability assessment' for the animal/rider before being allowed on the highway too.

It also seems pretty contradictory that horse riders don't have to clear up after their animals, yet dog owners do, although I do appreciate that if they had to do so may result in a more dangerous situation.

Where I live, I tend to find that horses are out early(ish) in the morning and bear this in mind when on the narrower lanes. That's not to say that after lunch I ride around like an idiot all afternoon though. It is a GS after all....

 

[MikeP]

It also seems pretty contradictory that horse riders don't have to clear up after their animals

But if they did, it would only add to the danger.

Next time you see some horse poo on the road, have a quick look at it as you pass. If the pinched end of the poo is pointing away from you the horse is ahead somewhere.

 

[Wegby]

Exactly!
Useful horsey-poo pointer. Quite literally.