Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

I really should read the thread titles...I thought it was "houses"

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

If you can't see the difference between "r" and "u" then you should get your eyesight tested .....

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

who wrote that???

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

Obviously further investigation will reveal the reason but it looks to me that the road was wet and the driver going too fast to take the bend correctly. Of course I could be wrong.

The advanced test taught me to drive on the wrong side of the road on a LH bend with no centre line because you can see an obstruction quicker but the speed should be correct for the conditions.

Edited: There does appear to be a centre lines.

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

I haven't watched but I've seen some crazy driving over the weekend around horses locally. I give them a wide birth prefer to stop and let them go first if I can. I don't know why others can't have a bit of patience around them. Although I also wonder when driving passed the local common why horses are on the road when they could be on the common which is surely a nicer ride anytime ?

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

My own personal opinion is that humans shouldn't be riding horses at any time or anywhere. But that's just me.

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

Perhaps the local law regarding common land does not permit them .....

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

Just my four penn'orth, but I wouldn't ride horses on the roads at all, even quiet country lanes. Our roads are far from safe these days, especially with the standard of driving having dropped in recent years, to say nothing of the new trend of lycra louts.

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

In this case it would appear to be the fault of the car driver. However, around our way the horse riders often cause problems, and certainly should not take to the roads at busy times of day.

Re: Car crashes into two horses and riders in Witcham (explicit video)

That was horrific. I had seen it before though. I hope the driver is prosecuted, clearly on the wrong side of the road & driving much too fast.
It states in the highway code, drive slow & wide passed horses. If the horses had been another car, that would have been pulped.
When I used to ride here, we used country lanes & green lanes where possible or went on the moor, but there were still major roads to travel before we got to the safer ones or the moor. Most drivers were courteous & stopped or slowed for the horses, as this is a rural area & lots of people have horses, people know to be careful, or they did. I don't know what it's like to ride here now, probably much busier seeing how much traffic we now have.