Those horses that drag around bits of metal with people on
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Sun is setting, sky is overcast with rain clouds, and I'm driving through a tree-covered, unlit stretch of NSL road when I come across one of these totally unlit and with no reflective bits on.
Had to slam on the anchors obviously. Didn't get close but was a bit of a shock at the time.
Highway Code says
Had to slam on the anchors obviously. Didn't get close but was a bit of a shock at the time.
Highway Code says
said:
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Safety equipment and clothing. All horse-drawn vehicles should have two red rear reflectors. It is safer not to drive at night but if you do, a light showing white to the front and red to the rear MUST be fitted.
But if there had been an incident - which would have been pretty nasty at any speed as I suspect those salvaged climbing frames aren't designed to take rear end impacts and the guys head didn't look like it was reinforced with kevlar - would I be the one entirely in the blame for it?Safety equipment and clothing. All horse-drawn vehicles should have two red rear reflectors. It is safer not to drive at night but if you do, a light showing white to the front and red to the rear MUST be fitted.
On a trip to visit family in brighton on christmas we came across some of these lovely people racing in a public road. Obviously they needed both sides of the road, so a 4x4 was being driven ahead in the wrong lane, forcing oncoming traffic off the road.
I don't think the highway code was top of their priorities. I called the police, but I would guess that by the time they got there the travelling folk would have gone.
I don't think the highway code was top of their priorities. I called the police, but I would guess that by the time they got there the travelling folk would have gone.
Tribal Chestnut said:
10penceparalyzed said:
I would be less concerned about blame, and more concerned about brothers cousins and uncles etc............. preach the Highway code all you want.
What about 'preaching' common sense?
Mave said:
I don't know, I actually thought 10pp was talking common sense. A highway code discussion after such an accident is unlikely to end positively
It's easy to interpret 10pp's post as inferring that the OP was nit-picking about the travellers non-compliance with the Highway Code, as opposed to a genuine and reasonable safety concern.Foppo said:
What highway code? Give them plenty of room and don't be clever to them.
Horse and cart on the road fine by me.
Absolutely fine on their own, they go at a fair old clip and are quite narrow. But I'd be a bit bothered by seeing two of them chasing towards me covering both sides of the road! Horse and cart on the road fine by me.
They've been doing this for donkey's years. And they very rarely crash, apparently. And they're not stupid - they know very well that if they encounter an indignant accounts manager in his Audi A4 who won't take account of their presence, they will be the ones who come off worst - physically and legally.
t?Mave said:
Tribal Chestnut said:
Indeed. A point 10pp seems to prefer not to acknowledge. Biased? Is 10pp perhaps a member of this lovely community?
I don't know, I actually thought 10pp was talking common sense. A highway code discussion after such an accident is unlikely to end positivelyGassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff