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Horse riders should pick up their poo!!

569 replies

Instagram · 13/12/2021 21:14

It’s surely a potential hazard leaving horse manure on the road!
Tractors are required to clean up excess mud they leave on the road, dog poo is collected by their owners.
So why can’t horse riders be required to show common decency if they are to use the road.
Apparently an outdated law from when horses were the main mode of transport allows this and prevents action being taken.
With the number of accidents never mind inconveniences caused by this negligence surely this should be amended?

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Alexander2001 · 14/12/2021 09:24

@DingADingADingDong But all ok for horse riders on here to wish that cyclists would crash on horse shit?

all perfectly ok to want to harm a road user you don't like so long as everyone else gives you room and slows.

whats this about "smiling" ?

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 09:23

I suppose the rules about animal shit are different for posh people on ponies though.

Are people honestly so thick they cannot understand the difference between horse shit and dog shit?

Justheretoaskaquestion91 · 14/12/2021 09:17

*here!! HERE! Christ

Justheretoaskaquestion91 · 14/12/2021 09:17

Just hear to say horse poo smells delicious. Mmm

hangrylady · 14/12/2021 09:12

I did wonder this the other day. I was driving behind a horse rider in my village and it left the most enormous pile in the middle of the road. I suppose horse poo isn't disgusting in the same way as dog poo, but its still a mess in the middle of the road and a lot of it at that! I suppose the rules about animal shit are different for posh people on ponies though.

Christmas1988 · 14/12/2021 09:09

Landaus in Blackpool-have ‘nappies’

news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/6058888.stm

countrygirl99 · 14/12/2021 09:08

Actually fresh poo won't burn your plants it's urine that does that. So stable muck needs to rot down but a shovel full of poo can go straight on. I help run an RDA centre and selling muck is a useful fund raiser.

AstroBunny · 14/12/2021 09:00

‘Horses are outdated’

‘I’m going to risk a rider’s life because she didn’t smile at me’

‘They don’t pay road tax’

So.Much.Idiocy.

🤦🏻‍♀️

RoastedParnsip · 14/12/2021 09:00

YABU if it's country lanes or countryside like a forest or field but YANBU for residential areas. It's a nightmare with a wheelchair.

liveforsummer · 14/12/2021 08:58

@Thehop

Horse poo is organic. Good for the earth. Dogs isn’t, it’s filthy.
Surely it's only organic of the stuff the horses are eating is organic? Which is unlikely tbh.
RubyKitty · 14/12/2021 08:57

@Annotherchange

Oh for goodness sake, this is what you are worried about?! Pick it up and use it for your roses.
No don’t! Unless you leave it to mature first! Fresh manure can burn plants. totally misses point if thread
LakieLady · 14/12/2021 08:19

No need for this round my way, despite racehorses being ridden round the estate every morning.

All the keen gardeners pop out with a bucket and trowel and do it themselves.

Thehop · 14/12/2021 08:18

Horse poo is organic. Good for the earth. Dogs isn’t, it’s filthy.

Horriblewoman · 14/12/2021 08:15

Horses are outdated maybe be one of the most entertaining comments I've ever read on MN.

AnkleDeep · 14/12/2021 08:15

[quote Instagram]www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/local-news/horse-riders-should-pick-up-4887184[/quote]
Just an opinion of an anonymous dog owning loon. Not a basis for discussion.

OP, you are making yourself look even more ridiculous with such silliness.

DingADingADingDong · 14/12/2021 08:14

@Alexandra2001 , you'd risk your life, the life of the rider and the horse for the sake of slowing down for a few minutes?
If they don't smile, which most do, it could just be that they are concentrating
How would you explain that to the police? 'I caused the accident because they didn't smile at me' may not be a good defence in court
Think on

allstressedoutandnowheretogo · 14/12/2021 08:09

I absolutely get and understand peoples right to ride their horses. I give them a good wide berth on the main road approaching the village I live.

There are oodles of bridles ways around me, absolutely loads, so what does get my goat is the insistence to ride around the residential houses and leave piles of poo smack bang outside my gate that I have the clear up before I can let the kids go out.

They also rode down the pedestrian path between the houses and the schools. When it rains it leaves a poo like swamp that the kids have to edge round.

DarlingDarwin · 14/12/2021 08:08

I actually agree with this. My sister is in a wheelchair and finds it hard when we go for a stroll down the country roads. And it’s a nightmare for prams.

Ileflottante · 14/12/2021 08:07

Horses eat vegetation. Ergo, their poo is basically just compost.

Dogs and cats eat meat. Their poo is therefore toxic and should be picked up.

vivainsomnia · 14/12/2021 08:07

Totally with you OP. I live in a town, residential street where owner take pride of the roads and houses. There is a stable a few streets away and regularly, we'll fin massive horse poo, that is then splattered by the cars driving by. It's disgusting, smells and people have to watch it when crossing the road.

I have a dog and am a fervent protestor against dog owners who don't pick up their dog's poo. I find the attitude of horse riders to their horse poo rude and arrogant.

When I was in France, I saw horses with a bag hanging behind their ass that gathered poo. Very easy and can't see why can't this be made a requirement.

Snuggledupforwinter · 14/12/2021 07:59

Are you a towny OP? Grin

NeedsCharging · 14/12/2021 07:58

I'm another one who wont bother slowing for horse riderss now

Why would you choose not to follow road safety and put yourself and the rider at risk?

Leonberger · 14/12/2021 07:55

@alexandra2001 so the horse and rider are fair game to potentially kill or injure because they didn’t smile at you Hmm

Well if you do kill someone by speeding past a horse how would you live with that because I couldn’t. Horses can travel 30mph sideways and unpredictably, regardless of whether you think they should be on the road or not is irrelevant if you hit one. They aren’t breaking the law, there’s no law saying they need to give you a cheery wave as you pass them safely, how entitled must you be to think it’s acceptable to behave dangerously because your nose has been put out a few times.

Life’s too short to be a dick.

Bingbangbongbash · 14/12/2021 07:48

@Heshcher

TrashyPanda, I said the horse was aggressive or untrained in response to this: "Unless you want to be kicked, it’s probably wise to continue to give horses a very wide berth!" Kicking is aggressive. I didn't make that up! If an animal is so inherintly dangerous that everyone must always stay out of it's attack range then it's clearly much too dangerous to take out in public. Even if it only becomes dangerous when it's scared, if it's a prey animal and fear is it's automatic response then it is reasonably foreseeable that it might get scared and attack someone. If you know there is a risk that it might get scared and attack and you still choose to take that horse out then it's 100% your fault if it attacks someone who is using the road in the usual manner and minding their own business. Other road users shouldn't need to be telepathic to protect themselves from your pet. Just keep dangerous animals, like bulls, snakes and horses inside appropriate enclousers where they don't endanger the public. Anyway, it sounds like they're so scared that it is cruel to take them out near loud traffic and fast cars anyway.
This is so stupid - of course you should be nowhere near the ‘attack range’ of a horse. It’s probably the first thing anyone is ever taught about horses - avoid the rear end. Just as you’re supposed to give cyclists enough room (1.5m minimum), so too horses. They are living creatures, so you cannot control them 100%. I assume you’re one of those idiots who doesn’t leave a car’s gap in traffic, either.
Lockheart · 14/12/2021 07:48

they dont pay road tax, have to under go any training or have insurance

a) no-one pays road tax, it doesn't exist
b) everyone who rides has had training, no-one is born knowing how to ride a horse
c) the vast majority will have insurance because horse veterinary bills can be bloody expensive