...another letter to The Editor...
Dear Jo,
Thank goodness Spring is coming! I can't cope with any more mud!!
Yet another letter appearing in a HORSE magazine by a motorist that provokes me to write. I am beginning to wonder whether you do it on purpose!
And, not unusually, I'm cross…again.
What kind of people need recognition and praise before doing the right thing? the safe thing? and operating within the guidelines of the law?
Furthermore, what has a perceived attitude, deciphered in a few seconds by watching riders, to do with driving safety?
The riders that ride 2 abreast do so for safety. It's quite terrifying being the rider on the outside I can tell you, but when you’ve got a young or inexperienced rider or horse, its the correct thing to do. It's how we all learn. Monkey see, monkey do.
In all likelihood young riders, not old enough to drive will have little appreciation of drivers, they wont twig their needs, and because they're trying to stay alive on the roads, they're quite busy with their own problems 'selfishly', riding on the roads is terrifying.
My Mum and Dad, enrolled me into the Pony Club road safety course before they were happy for me to take to the roads with my pony Brandy. And a great service they did too. The Pony Club is how we all learn, at least that was how it was years ago.
Give riders a break, and don't take any risks with other peoples life just because you don’t get a thank-you, a cup of tea and a bun!
We're not at school any more, grow-up!
