Originally Posted by morto

being a horse rider and car owner myself its surprising how many car drivers think they can squeese past a horse on a country lane ,treat them with respect , remember horses are flight animals so they panic at the slightest noise and they do not have breaks! , always pass very wide and very slow and if you havn' t enough room to pass then be patient and wait, most riders will wave you past when safe to do so.I have already had one horse killed by an irrisponciable driver and had run in's with boy racers who think it is cleaver to drive past as fast as possiable and beep there horn,may b they will think twice when a ton of horse lands on their bonnet , killing horse and rider! a car can be fixed, a dead horse & rider cannot!!

(sandy, andys wife)