Motorcycle Forums

smoto

the video is crap, OTT reporting, anti bike rhetoric.

I did ride a lot in the past (including hunting --- stops waits for the hits) rode with the Household Cavalry, a big leveller of any man is a Cavalry horse, all big, all bastards ! did a horse masters course with the Royal Navy, not bad for being in the RAF

All I say is that horses are a big part of Britains history and should not be written out of our history, we wouldn't want for instance to see Laurence Of Arabia's Brough Superior dissapear from Britain would we, it's part of our history.

Vulcanrider

you.... hunting..... er........ I dunno...

Sea horses.

"A horse masters course with the Royal Navy."


Ah, join the armed forces, learn a trade, etc. Tax payers pay.

Loss.

When I hear the phrase, "I'm ex-forces," I think, "And...?"

Heck, I work hard. Where's my sponsored, unrelated leisure activity? Oh, the company can't afford it.

If fatalities are a pre-requisite maybe nurses should get horse-riding lessons too.

recless riding

After giving this a bit more thought, I do wonder whether there should be more legislation regarding the use of horses on the public highway. At the present time horse riding and cycling are on a par when it comes to using the roads. Baring in mind the wieght and sometimes unpredictability of these magnificent animals surely there should be safegaurds in place.

My personal reccomendations are :

Age restriction when unaccompanied by an adult rider.

Cumpulsory basic trainning (cbt) Roadcraft

Cumpulsory third party insurance

When you think a moped rider has to have all of these components to be entitled to ride on the public highway, I fail to see why horse riders shouldn't be the same. These animals can be dangerous in inexperianced hands, ridden on public roads surely demands evidence of profficiency.

My daughter is a fanatical horse rider and when she started venturing onto the roads during hacks with the local stable I insisted that she did her road safety certificate. I took her to the day course and was there long enough to see the level of precuations taken when using the public highway.In addition to the helmet they had to wear body armour, A hi-viz tabbard and white gloves for clear hand signals. Viewing the intial video on this topic the rider appears to have taken minimal precautions for their safety. The road network is a busy place and I think horse riders need to be a bit more switched on with regard to safety before they start jumping up and down about motorists and bikers shortfalls.

End of lesson.