Self-closing gates a barrier to riding, British Horse Society finds
Self-closing gates pose a conduct a opportunity to horses together with tin post away deter riders from using a route, the British Horse Society has found.
It has published the results of query to decide the upshot of self-closing gates on Equus caballus riders, carried out inward reply to an increasing issue of reports that riders together with horses had been harmed yesteryear such gates.
The case demonstrates that self-closing gates are neither every bit prophylactic nor every bit tardily to role for Equus caballus riders every bit British Standard 5709:2006 compliant non-self-closing gates.
The trial, which took house inward Kent inward 2011, saw experienced riders endeavour a serial of self-closing gates together with a horse-friendly vehicle barrier to exam the reliability, security together with ease of use.
The social club senior executive for access, Heather Clatworthy, said: “There was no published query on the effects of self-closing gates on riders, their horses together with Equus caballus riding. There bring been simply about terrible injuries to both Equus caballus together with riders caused yesteryear self-closing gates.
“The case of these gates demonstrates that self-closing gates are inherently neither every bit prophylactic nor every bit tardily for Equus caballus riders every bit British Standard 5709:2006 compliant non-self-closing gates and, next the regulation of the to the lowest degree restrictive option, should non live on used routinely on populace rights of way or other province amongst statutory equestrian access.”
An accident amongst a gate tin post away deter Equus caballus together with passenger from using a route, together with other riders may together with hence also remain away, essentially obstructing the road for equestrian use, the social club said.
At the official launch of the findings, representatives from Natural England, agriculture way Defra, Centrewire, British Standards together with local government were present.
They all welcomed the query together with are working amongst the social club to amend the security of self-closing gates for the create goodness of equestrians nationally.
A re-create of the findings tin post away live on viewed at www.bhs.org.uk/Riding/Riding_Off_Road/Self_closing_gates.aspx
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