Several new initiatives in the UK aim to be drivers to keep horses and riders safe. According to the BBCYorkshire police created Operation Gallop. This focuses on issues in the equestrian community, including road safety, to “educate road users on how to safely pass horses on the road.”
West Yorkshire Police have announced that drivers who saw a driver see a past horse or rider too fast or too close will be targeted in the “National Action Week.”
As part of Operation Gallop, drivers are told to slow down to a maximum of 10 mph (15 kph) and to maintain a 2 metre distance when passing through horses and riders. Drivers are also asked to slowly accelerate as they pass the horse, not to surprise the animals.
Another aspect of Operation Gallop is to encourage horse owners to sign up for the police Horsewatch Scheme, an anti-theft initiative that has seen solid results.
Yorkshire horses and riders aren’t just on the other side of the pond that helps educate drivers. Registered Animal Welfare Charities Blue Cross It also raises awareness of road safety through code programs. In the UK, horses and riders are considered “vulnerable road users” and require special considerations.
This is not news for Canadians who often have to ride country roads to access the trail. All you need is Yahoo, behind the wheels, which I think will be interesting to stoke or spin the engine if there is a possibility of tragedy scaring the horse and causing it to happen. (For example, be careful This recent Ontario news report. )
For Suffolk, England, Allison Rock’s equestrian rock didn’t immediately come the spotlight on driver safety. She was riding a narrow country lane on the horse Milo as a speeding car scared the horse and sent the scary animal into a deep ditch. Both were injured during the accident and the driver was not stopped.
“The grooves were at least great and soft, so it might have been much worse, but I think it was a fall… I think it was a 4-foot (1.2m) groove fell into the groove with a 600 pound (272 kg) horse above me,” Locke I’ll tell the BBC It made his back tense as to why she hurt her hamstrings and Mee. She recovers and she and Milo return to riding in the country lanes, but she takes special care and tries to pull him as far away as possible as the car passes by.
The suggestion made by Blue Cross reads like common sense for drivers that include “wide and slow paths,” as in the case of Gallop Operation, and reduces the volume of the music to prevent it from being played.
It is recommended that riders use appropriate hand signals. That way the driver will know where you are heading. Encourage them widely and slowly, observe your horse, recognize when he or she needs time to settle, or even take a hand walk by a stable person.
All the good lessons drivers and riders should learn and adhere to, whether they are in the UK or Canada.
