Woman suffers punctured lung and broken ribs as horse she was riding spooked by cyclist who undertook them without warning

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

Don, ***all*** horses are potentially spookable. Some freak out at puddles. I wouldn't want to be passed as a walker or cyclist at touching distance, at any speed, without warning. The fact it was a horse just meant the outcome was worse.

Sounds like this guy was a prize twat.

KiwiMike wrote:

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

 

Don, ***all*** horses are potentially spookable. Some freak out at puddles. I wouldn't want to be passed as a walker or cyclist at touching distance, at any speed, without warning. The fact it was a horse just meant the outcome was worse.

Sounds like this guy was a prize twat.

"So easily spooked"

Again, if you know that a horse is spooked by puddles, is it twattish to suggest you don't take it out in the rain?

I hate it when those police horses freak out too. Bastards!

don simon wrote:

KiwiMike wrote:

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

 

Don, ***all*** horses are potentially spookable. Some freak out at puddles. I wouldn't want to be passed as a walker or cyclist at touching distance, at any speed, without warning. The fact it was a horse just meant the outcome was worse.

Sounds like this guy was a prize twat.

"So easily spooked"

Again, if you know that a horse is spooked by puddles, is it twattish to suggest you don't take it out in the rain?

I hate it when those police horses freak out too. Bastards!

If you can smell a rat its because your nose is too close to your own ass.

Don Simon's descent into oblivion should be complete following such cretinous comments.

don simon wrote:

... Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

Stunning.  Just stunningly complacent and frighteningly ignorant.

Bottom line - horses ARE damned easily "spooked" ... especially by something fast, silent, often brightly coloured, and coming up beside them, by their shoulder.  Think sabre-tooth tigers on the steppes.

It's called evolution.  Thousands upon thousands of years of evolution.

Survival of the fittest, no less.  Cos the horses that didn't get spooked ... had that sabretooth tiger sink its teeth into their neck.  

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

For any horsists dropping by to see what the cycling community think about this story, please excuse our resident moron.

Mungecrundle wrote:

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

For any horsists dropping by to see what the cycling community think about this story, please excuse our resident moron.

Bit of a prick, aren't we? Our resident dildo has problems responding to arguments, being a thick twat, can only throw insults at others. This is how thick the cycling community is, some can read though, others can actually think too, but not at the same time.

don simon wrote:

Mungecrundle wrote:

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

For any horsists dropping by to see what the cycling community think about this story, please excuse our resident moron.

Bit of a prick, aren't we? Our resident dildo has problems responding to arguments, being a thick twat, can only throw insults at others. This is how thick the cycling community is, some can read though, others can actually think too, but not at the same time.

No argument necessary. You justify my previous comment most cogently.

Mungecrundle wrote:

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

For any horsists dropping by to see what the cycling community think about this story, please excuse our resident moron.

And don't think for one minute that you represent the cycling community any more than don simon. You come across as being rather sanctimonious.

don simon wrote:

I smell a rat here.I don't think that I believe there was an undertaking cyclist.

Second thing is that if a horse is so easily spooked, it shouldn't be out in public, especially on the public highway.

I don't see why a horse rider would blame a cyclist if there wasn't some kind of incident. As others have said, horses can be easily spooked, so why would she make something up if her horse got spooked for some other reason? Also, she says she has footage which is a strange thing to claim if events aren't quite as she has stated.

Personally, I think that horses have every right to use the public highway as they are the original form of transport (along with pedestrians), so restricting their rights is a step in the wrong direction (think U.S. jaywalking laws). In a lot of ways, horse rights are quite similar to cycling rights as both horses and cyclists need special consideration by motorists.

If events did happen as described, then the cyclist was lucky that he didn't get caught by the horse. It sounds like a really dumb thing to do, especially as horses are usually right by the kerb so there wouldn't be much of a gap. I'd certainly be spooked if a cyclist overtook me on the inside without warning.

Every time I've encountered horses on the road, I always take care to not overtake too quickly or too closely and I give the rider a nod, hello or maybe a smile depending on how busy the road is and it's never been anything but a pleasant interaction between fellow road users.

kil0ran wrote:

Idiotic thing to do. Maybe I encounter them more frequently because of where I live but purely in the interests of self-preservation it's a good idea to give them a very wide berth. We face the same issues on the road (see this article from H&H https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/riders-must-change-behaviour-for-sa... for example) so we should all be looking out for each other.

Spot on

atlaz wrote:

Hang on. Road.cc covered it and brought it to the attention of the mainstream press who are no doubt going to use it as further evidence of how lawless cyclists are?

 

thanks. With friends like road.cc who needs enemies

Probably because road.cc is involved in reporting news involving cyclists. If it didn't publish the bad news then it would basically be propaganda...

In any event, I don't know why people struggle to overtake horses, literally all you need to do is say "hello" to the horse rider so that they know you are there before passing wide and slow.

atlaz wrote:

Hang on. Road.cc covered it and brought it to the attention of the mainstream press who are no doubt going to use it as further evidence of how lawless cyclists are?

 

thanks. With friends like road.cc who needs enemies

You can't blame Road.cc for accurate reporting just because the mainstream press have an axe to grind.

If someone is behaving badly on the road, then there's a reason to report it, no matter if it's a lorry, car, cyclist or pedestrian (or even a horse).

atlaz wrote:

Hang on. Road.cc covered it and brought it to the attention of the mainstream press who are no doubt going to use it as further evidence of how lawless cyclists are?

 

thanks. With friends like road.cc who needs enemies

What a really stupid thing to say. We're all road users and if there are some brainless cyclists out there who don't even know how to pass a horse we should be aware of it.

Try puting your brain into gear instead of your bike before writing any more witless comments.