Horses are rubish

[yorkie_chris]

They should tax horse riders... nobody "needs" to take one on the road, and it would lessen the burden on people who don't just have a road vehicle for the sake of it being cuddly

I love horses, haven't got my own yet, am intending to one day maybe. If the gid will be nice to me. I am doing this course so that i can open up a stables just for disabled children and adults to learn to ride. My Sons disability has made me look into this as round here there aren't many just for disabled people. I hope my Dream can come true

[fizzwheel]

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

A rider should be certain they are in control of their vehicle.

But thats difficult if the said vehicle has a mind of its own. I've seen horses go from calm to throwing a mental without any warning at all.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I wouldn't ride after 12 pints, a horse rider shouldn't ride a twitchy horse. Getting hoofed in the head is going to hurt, as is being knocked off by a vehicle not legally bound to be insured AFAIK.

Thats why I keep out of their way for the few minutes that I get delayed by keeping out of a horses way or waiting till its safe and clear for me to pass its no big inconveniance is it ?

Theres a few stables near where I live and I come across horses alot. I guess maybe I'm just used to them and tolerant of them so it really doesnt bother me anymore.

I dont see what a horse having no road tax has to do with anything. I've got insurance so that'll cover me if anything does happen... If it was a legal requirement how would you legislate for it, would the horse have to display a tax disc etc etc.

[yorkie_chris]

Horse going mental without warning... ride it in a field then, it's like me or thee filling brake system with meths and seeing how long before it boils or the seals fall out in bits...

Insurance that'll cover you? Not all of us can afford full comp... and even if I could I'd still be pretty f###ed off at losing my excess, NCB and getting shafted for the next 5 years because of something that wasn't my fault.


I'm pretty tolerant but not when the riders insult me for trying not to upset their pet. I creep past/turn off engine when possible..


The tax thing... well that's not really important. But insurance, why should you have a vehicle on the road without it? I'd get lots of points for doing that with a far safer vehicle that I'm actually in control of!

ohh yawwnn, on this whole subject, do those who believe horses "shouldnt be on the road" really think that the riders want them there? out fields and bridleways are getting built on/churned up by off roaders and generally slowly dissapearing,a nd i'll think you'll find alot of horse riders have their horses insured.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Horse going mental without warning... ride it in a field then...

Not that different to a car driver or biker getting a steaming case of road-rage for something inconsequential done by another driver/rider etc - jsut as dangerous, you could argue even more so.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Insurance that'll cover you? Not all of us can afford full comp... and even if I could I'd still be pretty f###ed off at losing my excess, NCB and getting shafted for the next 5 years because of something that wasn't my fault.

True and fair enough... however you'll find that (as I've posted before) the vast majority of horses are insured, unlike say - cyclists or dumbass chav pedestrians simply walking out into the street.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

I'm pretty tolerant but not when the riders insult me for trying not to upset their pet. I creep past/turn off engine when possible..

Hey, there's @rseholes in all walks of life... you just had the unfortunateness (is that even a word? Well, it is now ) to come across one from teh equine world.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

But insurance, why should you have a vehicle on the road without it? I'd get lots of points for doing that with a far safer vehicle that I'm actually in control of!

Because there is an inherant risk to equine sports/ownership, not to mention the high cost of vet's fees for illness/injury etc it is now rare for someone not to have insurance cover for a horse.

Originally Posted by yorkie_chris

Heres one for you, went for a bit of a spin on Wednesday night, there's a long hill which, having good visibility all the way down a bit of a dip, then up the hill, I took sensibly, at full throttle.

Halfway up the hill, some lass on a horse appears over the brow of the hill coming the other way, so I slowed right down, pulled the clutch in and took a position as close to the kerb as I could. Coasted past her at maybe 20mph. Just in time to see her mouthing "******" at me.

Next time I see her I'm tazzing it past her on the rev limiter.

Are you so good at lip-reading that you can you really tell the difference between "******" and "thankyou"? I'll bet you she was mouthing the latter and not the former!

[yorkie_chris]

Facial expression says a lot...

She could have a bit worried? Ive been in that situation before - my horse used to stop and quake when bicycles came past and although he never went anywhere there was always that feeling of anxiety in me - Im sure I often had a serious face in that situation. Personally I like to give people the benefit of the doubt

[yorkie_chris]

Well OK maybe I won't go backfiring the bike then... but I'm not convinced

Perhaps I'll go for a ride round that way again to check, she wasn't bad looking hehe