One single thing that makes you think "knob" Vol 4
Discussion
Muddle238 said:
Now I don't mind horses and living in ruralshire, I'm used to seeing them. Luckily virtually all of the local riders around here wear normal horse riding kit, maybe a bright jacket but nothing on the scale of the picture above.
If you are a horse driver and you feel the need to blatantly impersonate a mounted police officer, in order to get the response required from motorists without your skittish hoofed hobby going uncontrollably sideways into a hedge, then perhaps that animal is not suitable for use on a public road.
The average motorist doesn't like being lied to when you pretend to be police when you aren't, and I'm sure the police don't like being impersonated because not only is it against the law, it reduces the effectiveness of real mounted police when drivers assume they're just riders from the local yard out for an afternoon jolly.
I'd like to see the horse avoidance code for my google driverless pod when it arrives in about twenty years.
10 If Road ahead = unpredictable skittish nightmare then
20 slow to crawl and only pass if 10m of carriageway clear and beckoned on by rider
30 else
40 stay behind at walking pace for next twenty miles
50 endif
10 If Road ahead = unpredictable skittish nightmare then
20 slow to crawl and only pass if 10m of carriageway clear and beckoned on by rider
30 else
40 stay behind at walking pace for next twenty miles
50 endif
peterperkins said:
I'd like to see the horse avoidance code for my google driverless pod when it arrives in about twenty years.
10 If Road ahead = unpredictable skittish nightmare then
20 slow to crawl and only pass if 10m of carriageway clear and beckoned on by rider
30 else
40 stay behind at walking pace for next twenty miles
50 endif
40 activate user option "there appears to be a moving obstacle ahead, would you like to use the horn Y/N"10 If Road ahead = unpredictable skittish nightmare then
20 slow to crawl and only pass if 10m of carriageway clear and beckoned on by rider
30 else
40 stay behind at walking pace for next twenty miles
50 endif
Toaster Pilot said:
rambo19 said:
I thought uk police can stop anyone just to check documents?
Surely only if the various databases show something’s not right or it’s an organised checkpoint ?If any officer has any reason to suspect the person driving is not the registered keeper or policy holder than that's enough to justify a stop and check.
Bold highlighted only if necessary and the vehicle does not have age or other related exemption.
Bobberoo99 said:
Watching the argument unfold in previous posts is entertaining, however, I have no issue with people riding horses on/by/alongside the road, we see them fairly regularly where we live, just slow down and give them a wide berth, I do however have a huge issue with them impersonating a police officer, there are plenty of hi-viz things available for your horse, and motorbike, which don't involve you breaking the law!!!!!!!
Why does the fact that they're impersonating a police officer affect things? I genuinely wouldn't drive any different whether they were or weren't.ps. "breaking the law"?!?!? That's shocking... would never be condoned on PH
Countdown said:
Bobberoo99 said:
Watching the argument unfold in previous posts is entertaining, however, I have no issue with people riding horses on/by/alongside the road, we see them fairly regularly where we live, just slow down and give them a wide berth, I do however have a huge issue with them impersonating a police officer, there are plenty of hi-viz things available for your horse, and motorbike, which don't involve you breaking the law!!!!!!!
Why does the fact that they're impersonating a police officer affect things? I genuinely wouldn't drive any different whether they were or weren't.
Balmoral said:
Kerbing the alloys on a mates new car whilst arsing about, claiming it was your mates fault for distracting you and so arguing you shouldn't have to pay for the repair. As opposed to being absolutely mortified at what you'd done, immediately apologising and offering to pay.
Thread here - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&... - for those wondering what this relates to 
Although new account just registered + Friday + typical PH'er car = most likely a long term / banned PH'er on a wind-up.
Toaster Pilot said:
rambo19 said:
I thought uk police can stop anyone just to check documents?
Surely only if the various databases show something’s not right or it’s an organised checkpoint ?Knobess in a Silver Audi ‘vert’ on M25 earlier.
Signs flashing 50 & lane closed ahead, smart bit near J24, comes roaring up behind me as i’m slowing down, overtakes & cuts in front of me causing me to brake fairly hard.
We pass the obstructing car & Gantry ahead shows NSL so I start to speed up. Audi driving Doris decides to start braking for some reason?
Maybe she thought NSL sign was a No Entry that had slipped round 45 degrees
Signs flashing 50 & lane closed ahead, smart bit near J24, comes roaring up behind me as i’m slowing down, overtakes & cuts in front of me causing me to brake fairly hard.
We pass the obstructing car & Gantry ahead shows NSL so I start to speed up. Audi driving Doris decides to start braking for some reason?
Maybe she thought NSL sign was a No Entry that had slipped round 45 degrees
Muddle238 said:
Nanook said:
ashleyman said:
I'm not against horses at all but in modern society why do they need to be on the road at all?
Call me a job but I really don't understand what purpose they have other than being a hobby these days.
You're a job.Call me a job but I really don't understand what purpose they have other than being a hobby these days.
Yes, it's a hobby. Same as many people ride bikes, or even drive cars for fun.
For some riding on the roads is pretty much as described above, just used as a means of accessing bridleways and cross country routes, not possible without the use of `some' roads. I would think that most riders want to keep as far as possible to the minimum time that the desired off road route can be reached in.
For myself given the choice, I have often thought that given the height of a typical horses, If I was to fall off one, I would far prefer it to be onto a piece of soft ground rather than hard metalled road surface, and consequently would want get off a road, as fast as was possible.
Greg the Fish said:
I can kind of see how he got onto the path at the other end, there are no signs saying it's a footpath and it's wide enough to be a small access road. However I'd have thought realisation would have hit home pretty quickly when he got to the bridge.Footpath entrance
Mr2Mike said:
Greg the Fish said:
I can kind of see how he got onto the path at the other end, there are no signs saying it's a footpath and it's wide enough to be a small access road. However I'd have thought realisation would have hit home pretty quickly when he got to the bridge.Footpath entrance
There's also evidence of two central bollards or posts having been removed. So I'm sticking with option (a) ~ they were chancing it, knowing they should not have been on the bridge. Why they did it I don't know, but it'll probably be the same reason scooter riders cross pedestrian footbridges all the time. "Because they can". Some folk are just as thick as mince, and willfully ignorant. I hope the recovery bill was substantial.
More and more of the DRL brigade.
Tonight was some Renault SUV bowling along at 60 in the dark, no rear lights. Front DRLs are like feckin' lighthouses, they're so massive. I punt up behine him or her ad n flash frantically 6-8 times on high beam before passing.
Not a flicker....thick as a fudge blanket.
The thing is that I don't believe salesmen actually TELL people who are new to DRLs that they only work on the front and so why would they even think to check....
Tonight was some Renault SUV bowling along at 60 in the dark, no rear lights. Front DRLs are like feckin' lighthouses, they're so massive. I punt up behine him or her ad n flash frantically 6-8 times on high beam before passing.
Not a flicker....thick as a fudge blanket.
The thing is that I don't believe salesmen actually TELL people who are new to DRLs that they only work on the front and so why would they even think to check....
LuS1fer said:
The thing is that I don't believe salesmen actually TELL people who are new to DRLs that they only work on the front and so why would they even think to check....
I was speaking to someone the other day, a chap who must have owned loads of cars in his life, none of them from new. He didn't believe me when I said that cars came with instruction manuals.Perhaps it should only be legal to drive a car when you have passed the relevant type-certification exam. If you were certified for a Fiesta you could drive a Focus for example.
LuS1fer said:
More and more of the DRL brigade.
Tonight was some Renault SUV bowling along at 60 in the dark, no rear lights. Front DRLs are like feckin' lighthouses, they're so massive. I punt up behine him or her ad n flash frantically 6-8 times on high beam before passing.
Not a flicker....thick as a fudge blanket.
The thing is that I don't believe salesmen actually TELL people who are new to DRLs that they only work on the front and so why would they even think to check....
In fairness, there was a police car with just DRLs on driving through Alderley Edge on Sunday evening c7pm.Tonight was some Renault SUV bowling along at 60 in the dark, no rear lights. Front DRLs are like feckin' lighthouses, they're so massive. I punt up behine him or her ad n flash frantically 6-8 times on high beam before passing.
Not a flicker....thick as a fudge blanket.
The thing is that I don't believe salesmen actually TELL people who are new to DRLs that they only work on the front and so why would they even think to check....
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