Car Safety around Horse Riders
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- How to drive around horses, how to ride around cars.
In the Australian state of Tasmania, it is legal for horse riders to ride on the road. It is not a widely known rule, and can be a source of frustration to both drivers and riders, as often the rural roads used by riders tend to be narrow.
The joint Community Road Safety Partnership committee of Kentish and Latrobe Councils developed this video as a means of addressing the road safety concerns of riders, while also providing safe riding messages to riders.
Produced and copyright owned by Studio Be, Deloraine TAS.
I wish videos like this were shown to people taking driving lessons so they’re more aware of what to do with horses.
is it me or is her saddle wonky
yeah i saw that!
either that or her stirrups are uneven
This is brilliant. Should be on every channel on tv
WOW, extremely dramatic and straight to the point. Leaves no room for doubt about what could easily happen to anyone, anytime, anywhere. This should be seen by all.
Good effort
To anyone (DRIVERS, PEOPLE WHO DRIVE FOUR WHEELERS, OR BIKES) that is pissed off or butt hurt about horse riders on their roads, look at this list of tips and different riders:
Not all riders are the same, some pull off of the road and let a car pass by (me and my friend does this when we ride on the road)
Different riders are: the snotty one (will not move off the road), the nice one (usually moves off the road), the one with the stubborn or spooky horse 😂
Not all horses are the same either, they have their own minds, so like the video said, expect the unexpected.
DO NOT DRIVE FAST BY A HORSE, unless you want a horse running into your car door. Horses are sensitive to some things. You don't have to go rEally slow, but slow enough so the rider can know.
If a rider looks like they are giving you the stink eye, just laugh to yourself, because sometimes they aren't giving you the stink eye, I do this a lot cause sometimes I spot people with the same cars as people I know drive. If a rider is looking at you, they are just being cautious too, like you, they have to expect the unexpected. And sometimes they will just glance at you to make sure there is a car. (I glance over my back a lot when riding cause I don't want a car sneaking up on us and spooking our horses 😂)
Remember, I'm telling you this cause a horse does not know what will eat them and what won't 😂
I swear, all my friend's horses think cars, bikes, four wheelers, Dirt bikes, teenage boys (no joke!), Even those little scooter things that you push off with your leg only, they think it will EAT THEM.
A question about Australian road rules. At 1.27 onwards in the UK you could pass the horse by going over the solid white line, if it was safe to do so. Because the horse is a slow moving (vehicle?) www.diaryofanadi.co.uk/?p=17358 Is this the same or different in Australia? I ask because I've seen "road safety"(?) films in the UK that get the rules wrong.
Cars and vehicles really don't mix😢
It's nice to know that horses have a right to be on the road. BUT there is nothing wrong in getting OFF the road when there is enough space. Sorry but it's just pure COMMON SENSE ! I am a rider and get off the road whenever possible - why tempt fate ?
I totally agree, I would rather get over (if I can) than risk an encounter with a self centred aggressive driver like some are.
People frequently ask, "what if?" Now they know...
I would have liked to have seen the rider take evasive action and move the horse well and truly to the side as the car approached. There is nothing clever about bring dead right.
Sally Petersen The rider and horse has the exact same right to be on the road as the motorist according to the Australian Road Rules. In fact, motorists are advised in those Rules to slow down, be ready to stop, to pass slow and wide. Horses are not as predictable as motor vehicles. Therefore motorists need to give riders and horses a lot of leeway when sharing the road. The key is SHARING as we are BOTH entitled to use the road.
You'll probably be a bit more responsible for your own actions, and those of your animal 'after' it has been hit by a car and put down, even though the horse does have the right of way. A bit like running straight out on a pedestrian crossing and being hit by an unsuspecting truck. There's nothing wrong with defensive driving or defensive riding. ie ANTICIPATING that trouble could occur.
Are you a rider Sally? From your comments I'd guess not. Hope I never encounter a driver with your attitude.
I'm always responsible for MY actions. The issue is drivers who behave like idiots AND the fact that even the quietest horse can react to something the rider would not perceive as a hazard to the horse. Drive sensibly around horses. It's not much to expect.
+Annie-May Glory
Exactly. If we go out of our way to ensure everyone's safety, they have no excuse. Doesn't help that some of those morons have nerve to honk at horses.
They are so respectful :')
Why Oh Why, can't you just ride in a field and NOT on a fast road, on a bendy country road it does take a figging car a lot to slow down! I really do not get horseriders!
Some riders don't have access to "ride in a field", and as more rural land is subdivided for housing, access to those fields is becoming more and more restricted. It pays to remember that horses were on the roads first and, as they are classed as a vehicle, have just as much right to use them as any other vehicle.
it's just something that should never happen....i hate to be a hard ass but the times I've gone round a country lane corner and there's a couple of bloody horse's and riders in the middle of the road and I'm the one who gets the black looks... horse's and vehicles should never mix your horse's are very emotional animals that scare very easily....they are NOT vehicles ok and there's plenty of places to ride them off the road,and for the people who say they have to ride to these places.... rubbish.....use a horsebox you can afford to own a horse you should have a horsebox.
Yeah I get sometimes there's 'those people' on horseback who think they rule the road. But not all people who own a horse or pony are rich. Having a horse doesn't mean you have a high income, some people loan horses and ponies because they can't afford their own. What about those people? Horse boxes and good quality trailers aren't cheap to buy (just like a horse isn't cheap to keep). It is legal for horses to be on the roads and they were in fact on the road before cars. Roads were originally made for them, not cars. So show a little respect to the other road users because the amount of times I've been riding out on the road and people just speed past me like I'm not even there, it's terrifying. This is the real world, not a bloody game of the sims where you can control other peoples lives. Nobody should play God on the roads and so many innocent people and horses have been killed on the road because of stupid, reckless drivers baffles me. It just seems like people aren't going to learn. As for what you said about going down the country lanes. Perhaps if you weren't flying down the damn lanes you would've seen the horses and wouldn't have to break so hard? It common sense that if you're going down a narrow country lane you don't go fast, because their might be pedestrians, cyclists or horse riders and you should always slow down when going round a blind bend.
Also I am using your comment as part of my research for a project I'm doing about this topic. It's not a bad thing, I just want to show the lack of understanding a lot of people have about horses and the horse world.
Thanks, Ash
I have been riding since I was ten years old, we were poor and could not afford a horse float. I saved up and bought my own in my late 20s. Not everyone who owns a horse is rich, we do it because we love it, like any other hobby. Also, in Australia where this video was filmed, horses *are* classed as a vehicle, and have every right to use the roads as other vehicles do. Ever heard the expression "drive to the conditons"? If you are hooning on bendy country roads with blind corners and getting surprised by horse riders on the road, that suggests to me that you are driving too fast. As the video says, expect the unexpected. People are in far too much of a rush these days. What if it was your daughter or sister riding, would you still feel the same way? A life is a life, we only get one. Everyone has the right to use the road safely.