Horses shouldn't be allowed on the country roads

Horses shouldn't be allowed on the country roads

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PESKYWAABBIT

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27 posts

92 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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I'm from Suffolk and I live opposite a farm which also teaches adults and young ones to ride horses on the side. They have absolutely acres of land, not planted fields, just acres of grass and they still feel the need to walk their horses along the country roads.

Our village is only accessed by 4 small roads and each of them is only the width of one car. There are very few passing places and buses very often struggle to get through at all but still the horse riders walk the horse along the roads and the blind bends. Does my nut in.I honestly don't speed around my village due to often encountering a car coming round the other way but when you meet a horse, it's a pain in the arse.

They also allow the horse to sh*t all over the road. They often dump a load outside our house and when it rains, cars drive through it and it splats all up the side of your car. Fantastic. I see no excuse why they can't pick it up either. I was told by one of the equestrian types that the reason they don't pick it up is that the animal doesn't eat meat so what it drops is completely harmless.

If that's the case then any vegetarian or vegan could pull their trousers down right now and lay a brick in the street. Mental.

MrGTI6

3,157 posts

129 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Round my way, we get members of the travelling community blocking up busy A- and B-roads most weekends with their horse and cart for no apparent reason other than to be a pain in the arse.

Sometimes they'll even get one of their mates (usually in a drop side Transit) to drive alongside them to ensure that nobody can get past.

Absolute scum.

Willy Nilly

12,511 posts

166 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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People with horses are on another planet of mental.

The sooner you realise that the whole world revolves around horses and that you and everything you do is wrong the better.

KevinCamaroSS

11,553 posts

279 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Where do you propose they teach the rider/horse how to work on the roads? You sound like a true NIMBY, don't like country activities, don't live in the country.

Equus

16,767 posts

100 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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KevinCamaroSS said:
You sound like a true NIMBY, don't like country activities, don't live in the country.
This.

jeremyh1

1,348 posts

126 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Horse rider was here first
Are you sure your just subscribing to the politics of envey

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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KevinCamaroSS said:
You sound like a true NIMBY, don't like country activities, don't live in the country.
<nods>

Equus said:
This.
Might have guessed which side you'd be on... <grin>

PESKYWAABBIT

Original Poster:

27 posts

92 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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KevinCamaroSS said:
Where do you propose they teach the rider/horse how to work on the roads? You sound like a true NIMBY, don't like country activities, don't live in the country.
Believe me, I'm all for country activities but this certain element does get me annoyed. I mean, maybe on roads which don't have completely blind bends would make sense? When you have the private land and space to walk your horse in a safe environment for everyone, why not do it there?

It's like having several driveways but still parking your car in the busy street to annoy others.

selwonk

2,123 posts

224 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Maybe we should insist on learner drivers only being taught in car parks?

louiebaby

10,651 posts

190 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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I live in the countryside, and it's beautiful, but sometimes it smells of st. I also see quite a lot of tractors on the roads.

Someone should do something about it.

(Post is in jest.)

PorkRind

3,053 posts

204 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Equus said:
This.
Yeah pretty much, i bet he's a close passer of cyclists, too !

syl

693 posts

74 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Lighten up a little. Toot your horn and give them a cheery wave.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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PESKYWAABBIT said:
It's like having several driveways but still parking driving your car in the busy street to annoy others.
FTFY.

boyse7en

6,671 posts

164 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Yeah! blooming horses going slow and blocking the roads! Nightmare

Should be banned, as should cyclists, livestock, cars that are slower than mine, mopeds and pedestrians...

Don't they know that as a driver I can hardly be expected to drive around blind bends at a reasonable speed. I've got important stuff to do!

The Wookie

13,909 posts

227 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Moan away, give it twenty years of that attitude and it’ll be someone on here bhing that driver operated classics should be banned from the road because an MX5 made their autonomous vehicle brake and they spilled their latte

Brads67

3,199 posts

97 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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You are aware that roads don`t belong to car drivers yes ?

anonymous-user

53 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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I drove past a horse yesterday and nothing happened.

True story.

Esceptico

7,334 posts

108 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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The problem is that horses existed before cars and were formerly used as the primary means of transport.
They are still allowed because of the past. If horses had never been used on the road and you tried to suggest it today there is no-way they would be allowed.

Zetec-S

5,832 posts

92 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Surely it's not a surprise to expect farm traffic on most single track roads in the countryside? It's kind of why they exist in the first place...

I do agree some common sense should be applied by horse-ists, such as avoiding busy or fast roads. Reminds me of a time not so long ago when I came across a couple of horses being walked side by side here, thankfully I was going under the limit and nothing coming the other way so I was able to avoid them:

https://www.google.co.uk/maps/@50.9612888,-2.10419...

Anyone who knows the road would be aware there are people who exceed the NSL by quite some margin, so you'd have to be a special sort to walk horses along that stretch!

Equus

16,767 posts

100 months

Monday 11th June 2018
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Esceptico said:
They are still allowed because of the past. If horses had never been used on the road and you tried to suggest it today there is no-way they would be allowed.
If we knew then what we know now, the same would be true of IC-engined cars.