Recent accident highlights need for education, understanding – BHS

The recent accident inwards which a passenger inwards England’s New Forest suffered a broken dorsum together with her Equus caballus was killed inwards a collision involving a van highlights the need to educate motorists on how to perish horses on the route safely, the British Horse Society (BHS) says.

“Road accidents, where vehicles collide amongst horses, are serious for all involved and, equally nosotros stimulate got seen inwards this instance, tin terminate outcome inwards tragic consequences involving severe injuries together with fifty-fifty fatalities,” BHS senior executive Sheila Hardy said.

“We believe that it is of import for all types of route users to function together inwards monastic tell to growth the security of our roads for all, together with to this end, nosotros stimulate got developed several route security leaflets, including Horse passenger safety: Look at it from my indicate of view, produced inwards conjunction amongst GEM Motoring Assist.”

The leaflet aims to enable Equus caballus riders together with motorists to improve empathise the other together with inform drivers of the security issues surrounding Equus caballus riders on the road. The leaflet tin terminate hold upward downloaded from the BHS website.

Drivers are reminded that horses on the route tin terminate hold upward unpredictable, despite the best efforts of fifty-fifty the close experienced rider, together with drivers should e'er process horses equally a potential opportunity together with drive slowly, amongst caution, roughly them.

Key points for drivers:

• When passing horses, larn out equally much room equally the route allows together with gain non accelerate either when passing the Equus caballus or instantly after, equally this could crusade the Equus caballus to panic.
• Exert fifty-fifty greater tending on narrow province lanes yesteryear keeping your speed down, peculiarly on bends.
• Be alarm when encountering a Equus caballus passenger together with stimulate got take away heed of whatever signals the passenger is making to tedious downwards or stop, equally they may hold upward able to consider something that you lot cannot together with volition experience how the Equus caballus may react.

It is sometimes necessary for riders to hold upward 2 abreast on the road. One may hold upward a immature or novice Equus caballus or passenger together with then it is safer for these animals to hold upward on the within amongst a to a greater extent than experienced Equus caballus together with passenger on the outside.

It is non only drivers who stimulate got responsibleness for security on the road. Riders are encouraged to rest alarm together with ensure they crusade equally footling inconvenience to drivers equally possible.

Hardy advises: “The British Horse Society too educates Equus caballus riders on route security together with what they tin terminate gain to protect themselves together with their Equus caballus on the road. We would stress the importance of wearing hi-viz garments that come across the recommended security standards EN1150 or EN471 for both Equus caballus together with passenger – giving drivers precious additional seconds inwards monastic tell to consider them – together with to e'er hold upward courteous to drivers who perish them amongst care.”

The social club too offers a website dedicated to the reporting of route accidents together with other incidents involving horses, www.horseaccidents.org.uk, which provides farther information on route safety.

 

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