Road safety
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Police operation educates drivers on passing horses safely
Motorists can chose between roadside education or being handed a penalty notice for careless and inconsiderate driving
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Credit: Abigail Randall Rider receives torrent of abuse after asking driver to slow down
‘I thank drivers when they slow down but some don’t seem to know the rules on passing horses or don’t think they need to slow down’
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Credit: Claude Felix Equine Photography Police, cyclists and walkers join hundreds of riders for ‘incredible’ road safety campaign
A total of 53 Pass Wide and Slow awareness rides took place on Sunday (14 April), supported by police forces, cyclists and walkers
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Credit: Lynn Flynn Dismay as council installs cattle warning sign after horse hit by vehicle
‘We want to give people awareness there could be horses around here – not cattle’
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Credit: Rod Jehu Hundreds of riders set to take to roads to help raise driver awareness
‘We’re not there to cause problems or block up the roads. We’re trying to raise awareness to drivers about how we want to be passed’
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Driver who told rider ‘horses should be in fields’ adds: ‘I’m quite a rude person’
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Horse pursued on road by ‘whooping’ quad bikers crashes into wall
‘I was shouting at them, saying please stop, it isn’t a game; someone’s going to die’
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Show pony spooked by loud motorbike goes through trailer wall
’He’d never heard anything like this. The next thing we saw was his hooves sticking out of the side of the trailer’
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Credit: Jason Bax Close to two horses a week are killed on Britain’s roads
‘This will really highlight the issues on our roads’
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Rider tackles first side-saddle race in memory of carriage driver killed in crash
The rider is raising funds for road safety charity, Brake
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Credit: Huufe app New safety feature allows riders to report incidents via app
Riders can report in different categories including road incidents and those involving dogs and cyclists
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Concerns raised in parliament over electric cars’ danger to horses
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Horse spooked by police vans using blue lights and sirens falls on road: rider calls for more training
‘I just want this not to happen to anyone else; if it had been a child, they could have been killed’
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Driver caught on camera skidding past horse at speed gets ‘advice’ from police
Hat camera footage shows the car veering dangerously near the horse
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Credit: Kate Hardt Owner hopes viral video of horse falling on road will educate drivers
The video has received more than 300,000 views online
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Rider involved in collision with horsebox hopes to find the driver
‘Tucky seems fine, he’s sound but has a nasty mark on his rump’
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Rider falls on road after ‘racing’ cars spook horse
‘I thought ‘they’re coming quite fast’, and it didn’t sound like they were slowing down’
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Horse dies and woman critically injured in road collision
Police are appealing for information on the accident
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Credit: Lucy Merrell Do you need insurance to ride your horse on the road? H&H explains...
Working out what insurance you do and don’t need when you’re out and about on the road with your horse can be confusing. Horse & Hound sets the record straight
