18-March-2010

Some horse owners are rude

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My drive home takes me along some lovely country roads, the road is wide and quite fast. For the past two to three weeks I have driven home and about 3 times per week I have met the same lady and daughter and their horse. Each time I see them I slow right down to a walking pace, and drive past slowly. Each time I have passed them carefully like this and yet they totally ignore me.

Horses, please drive slowly - (c) Matt Whitbby

This evening the "lady" gave me a filthy look as I passed her. Okay, I'm in a car and not a horse, but that doesn't mean I am the scum of the earth - so why the dirty look? Luckily for her my window was closed at the time!

Highway Code: 191: Horse riders. Be particularly careful of horses and riders, especially when overtaking. Always pass wide and slow. Horse riders are often children, so take extra care and remember riders may ride in double file when escorting a young or inexperienced horse rider. Look out for horse riders' signals and heed a request to slow down or stop. Treat all horses as a potential hazard and take great care.

Maybe it's just me, but a nod or a wave or even a "mouthed thanks" would have been nice. Whilst not mandatory, some form of courtesy returned would have been appreciated. I was so angry I almost turned the car around to give her a piece of my mind!

Tomorrow, I will not "slow down for horses", well this particular one anyway!

By: Pugs

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I know some riders are rude, but for the horse's sake it is best to slow down regardless. As a rider, I always say thankyou and smile to show appreciation, and doing so often get the result of drivers overtaking wide and slow next time they see me. Even in the horse world, a few just expect to be treated well.

Dressage_Star 26-Feb-2010 21:15

Personally, Anon, I have far more respect for animals on this planet than I do for my own species!

Nikki 14-Dec-2009 19:52

Think of the poor Animal I know you are angry at the ignorant rider but please do not scare the horse.

G 14-Dec-2009 17:15

How very true, some horse owners are rude. But then so are some dog owners, cat owners, gerbil owners, car owners, lion tamers......the list goes on, the rudeness is not specific to horse owners!

KT 13-Dec-2009 18:32

Some people love horses so much that they have no respect for human beings .

Anon 12-Dec-2009 22:13

Greetings all,

Sorry to keep you all in suspense. One has been moving house and has had a few weeks off work.

I am not the shergar man, but I would happily welcome him into my tight circle no questions (No Jokes)

Stand by for further wisdom and advice.
PS nice to know I was missed.

karlosthejackel 19-Oct-2009 14:09

That shut the foul little git up.

Come to think of it, we haven't heard from our dear friend Karlos recently, either !

Wonder if Shergar and Karlos are one and the same lovely human being !!

Nikki 07-Oct-2009 18:47

"think what happened too shergar" :

Take a tip from me ... matey. If you are going to insult someone, attempt to upset them, or to just be plain offensive, may I suggest that you actually learn to spell?

I think you will find that your name should be "think what happened to Shergar". Shergar is a proper noun, so it has a capital letter. Note the spelling of "to" ... only one "o".

I personally find that when I am trying to be insulting, it makes more impact to be grammatically correct and to pay attention to one's spelling ... and punctuation too. (Note the spelling of "too").

Nikki 17-Sep-2009 19:26

love horses at the 2 30 chepstow! if you win money, if not boil them for glue or send them for food!always love horse boxes

think what happened too shergar 12-Sep-2009 18:19

karlos; does your "lucky wife to be" know that you would find it amusing if she or your child were ki11ed in a road accident?

grumpyoldwoman 01-Sep-2009 17:51

I would actually, couple of weeks off work. Everyone's a winner!!!

karlosthejackel 01-Sep-2009 12:57

You beat me to it Grumpy !

I am sure Karlos would have a massive great belly laugh if one of his loved ones was involved in such a road accident.

Nikki 28-Aug-2009 14:24

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