re the original post, there is nothing in the current road safety booklet about how car drivers should behave towards horses BUT there is a piece about how horse riders should behave with CARS. that says it all I think

When in Ireland recently (well fairly) we obviously went for a pony and trap drive in Limerick and commented to the driver, a lovely chap about how considerate the car drivers were towards the horse nd carriage, his comment was, well the horse still has right of way in Ireland, His final comment when I said I wish it were so here he said, 'well ma'm the english are rude and getter ruder'. I felt ashamed because he was so right. Incidentally, we were accompanied on this 'drive' by 2 children in a pony and trap and another on a pony all tied up with blue binder twine, cart and all, right around Limerick. When we stopped a garda car pulled up behind us and he spoke to them apparently the 'children' had gone through a red light and they wanted to knowif he know them LOL. When we asked if the garda would look for them, he said 'no, not really' I expect they were his grandchildren, but oh what a difference in the attitude of drivers, I want to go nd live in Ireland!!. We had one idiot here who tried to get in between one daughter riding and the other in the pony and trap and the hoots and yells you get 'get those XXXX horses off the road' are frightening. We are fortunate we have woods at the back of us but it would be nice to go somewhere different occasionally, but you darent.


jenn

I wont ride on the roads anymore they are too dangeous and I live in the New Forest! Although have to say the amount of horse riders that I slow down for and dont have the courtesy to say thank you is astounding.

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[QUOTE=jenny22;2273076]re the original post, there is nothing in the current road safety booklet about how car drivers should behave towards horses BUT there is a piece about how horse riders should behave with CARS. that says it all I think

Just to reply to the above, there is a huge section in the highway code rule 190 and 191 Animals using the road. This instructs drivers on how to behave towards horses using the road. Drivers that are unaware please have a read!

Thank for that SE. this must be in the current one as the last one I had said nothing that I could see.

jenn