Because just being on the road isn't annoying enough

[iacabu]

...using a phone while riding! Probably not even illegal but imo she shouldn't be on it. Especially when crossing junctions and holding cars up. I really hate horses on the road

[vexed]

Pistonheads is going to get really dull if the proliferation of dashcams means some sanctimonious poster thinks every misdemeanor warrants a new thread with photographs...

[kiseca]

I get the impression the phone wasn't really the problem here...

getting tired of threads started by someone in a car who thinks the rest of the world should get out of their way though.

[bearman68]

Horse driver is taking the proverbial judging from the photo. Using a mobile on a horse in an urban environment. No need for it. Horses should be in fields, or possibly, just possibly on small rural lanes (but only for a short time) - When I'm PM this will be law.

[iacabu]

I'm sorry, but horses can be unpredictable and jittery on the roads especially if the rider isn't even paying attention. If you have no interest in the thread then go and post elsewhere.

[deadtom]

iacabu said:

If you have no interest in agreeing with me then go and post elsewhere.

fix'd that for you

[iacabu]

deadtom said:

iacabu said:

If you have no interest in agreeing with me then go and post elsewhere.

fixed* that for you

No, it was correct the first time thanks. They didn't mention anything about disagreeing with the thread subject, but rather that I have a dashcam and that makes me sanctimonious.

[PHmember]

iacabu said:

I'm sorry, but horses can be unpredictable and jittery on the roads especially if the rider isn't even paying attention. If you have no interest in the thread then go and post elsewhere.

Sounds very similar to a LOT of car drivers.

Sorry the horsey inconvenienced you for less than 10 seconds...

[deadtom]

Fair enough.

I agree with you that the rider should be paying more attention to the road and less to their phone, especially at junctions, however it bugs me that so many drivers believe that roads are for cars only.

[iacabu]

PHmember said:

Sounds very similar to a LOT of car drivers.

Sorry the horsey inconvenienced you for less than 10 seconds...

Now that's a fair enough comment. Although it wasn't so much about me being inconvenienced, more about the riders disregard for it.

anonymous said:

[redacted]

haha I didn't even notice the look. Damn horse!

[Impasse]

...and they don't even pay road tacks.




/cough/

[ging84]

bullst is that horse using a phone, how is it meant to dial without any fingers ?

[Willy Nilly]

What everyone needs to realise is that horses are the most important thing in the whole wide world. In fact, they are soooo important that the rider was simply checked the world was orbiting her horse correctly. Once the world orbited a horse incorrectly and it got a right telling off, I can tell you.

Anyway OP you are wrong. You are wrong for being a man. You are wrong for not having a horse. You are wrong for even thinking what ever she was doing was wrong, even though the simple fact that she was on a horse make her right. You are wrong for thinking that someone on a 750kg, fkwitted animal that is frightened by everything should concentrate om what they are doing and wrong again because you didn't go out of your way to have a deep understanding of every conceivable thing that may or may not upset a horse. You are also wrong for driving on the road in a town, when this is clearly a place for horses. You are wrong for not having a load of wood shavings and horse st in your car.

So, next time you encounter a horse whether it's on a quite rural road, the middle of town or lane 3 of the M1, remember the horse is right and you are wrong. Got it? Good.

Also remember if you hurt a horse with your car it will be your fault, but if a horse buckaroos the rider off and repeatedly stamps on his or her head it will not, under any circumstances be the horses fault.

Did the rider have any or all of the following?

Ruddy cheeks;
A slightly fluffy chin;
A big arse;
A load and booming voice;
A knackered car;
Powerful thighs;
Rough hands.

[RobinBanks]

You do continually come across as someone with a chip on the shoulder, Willy Nilly.

I

[ging84]

RobinBanks said:

You do continually come across as someone with a chip on the shoulder, Willy Nilly.

I

I think he was perhaps drawn in by a woman with powerful thighs, leather boots and a whip, and now regrets his life choices

[poing]

Willy Nilly said:

What everyone needs to realise is that horses are the most important thing in the whole wide world. In fact, they are soooo important that the rider was simply checked the world was orbiting her horse correctly. Once the world orbited a horse incorrectly and it got a right telling off, I can tell you.

Anyway OP you are wrong. You are wrong for being a man. You are wrong for not having a horse. You are wrong for even thinking what ever she was doing was wrong, even though the simple fact that she was on a horse make her right. You are wrong for thinking that someone on a 750kg, fkwitted animal that is frightened by everything should concentrate om what they are doing and wrong again because you didn't go out of your way to have a deep understanding of every conceivable thing that may or may not upset a horse. You are also wrong for driving on the road in a town, when this is clearly a place for horses. You are wrong for not having a load of wood shavings and horse st in your car.

So, next time you encounter a horse whether it's on a quite rural road, the middle of town or lane 3 of the M1, remember the horse is right and you are wrong. Got it? Good.

Also remember if you hurt a horse with your car it will be your fault, but if a horse buckaroos the rider off and repeatedly stamps on his or her head it will not, under any circumstances be the horses fault.

Did the rider have any or all of the following?

Ruddy cheeks;
A slightly fluffy chin;
A big arse;
A load and booming voice;
A knackered car;
Powerful thighs;
Rough hands.

Well I thought it was funny.

OP ignore the first 2 posters, they are clearly muppets of the highest order and can't read to save their lives. A person on a horse, in a town, using a mobile phone is quite clearly wrong on every level. Can we nail some registration plates to horses that use roads? OK nail might be a bit much, superglue will work just fine and it will show the horse it's own future.

[williamp]

Its got a right to be there: the horse was on a mane road...

[N Dentressangle]

williamp said:

Its got a right to be there: the horse was on a mane road...

Absolutely. Enough of this petty bridling.

[telecat]

They have no brakes, no steering and no Brains and that's just the Horse!!!! Given that more Horse riders end up in an Air Ambulance than Motor cyclists, Then I think the Rider should be paying more attention.

[Dogwatch]

ging84 said:

bullst is that horse using a phone, how is it meant to dial without any fingers ?

'Hands' free of course.