Road safety
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Supermarket gains a customer after delivery driver’s perfect passing of horses
‘I even tried to put a note on the delivery section, on why they’d gained a new customer’
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Riders told to stay off their phones while riding on the roads *H&H Plus*
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Riders urged to be ‘hyper-aware’ on roads as lockdown restrictions ease
‘With the government’s slight lifting of the lockdown measures, the level of activity on our roads is increasing, as well as the speed of the traffic’
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Over £11,500 raised for rider in intensive care with life-changing injuries
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Government refuses to change Highway Code despite calls from thousands of riders
‘We all know the advice given in the Highway Code isn’t working’
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Government responds to petition calling for laws to protect horses on the road
‘We know the advice in the Highway Code doesn’t work – until it is made law drivers will carry on doing what they want’
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Devastated rider’s call for change after horse’s leg broken in hit and run
‘He was the sweetest, kindest boy and a member of the family’
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‘People are ready for change’: New calls for laws to protect horses on roads
‘It’s about getting the government to talk about it – there is no point if we don’t get the government’s attention. If we don’t, they don’t know we’re out there’
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Rider’s appeal to coach driver who flicked the finger as he squeezed past horses
‘Becky’s heartfelt and powerful account of the incident will be used in our ongoing training programme for all drivers’
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125 Pass Wide and Slow rides planned to help improve rider safety on the road *H&H Plus*
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Badly broken arm for rider who ‘bounced off’ car that passed too close
‘Ten more yards and we could have pulled in but as I put out my arm to stop him, he drove straight into me’
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‘I’ll do my best for you’: Motorcyclist to spread horse riders’ road safety message
‘I thought it was lovely she took the time to thank us and I wanted to do something back’
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Why we riders have to take some responsibility for our own safety on the roads *H&H Plus*
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Three horse deaths in three weeks shine spotlight on road dangers *H&H Plus*
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‘You don’t want a death on your conscience’: rider hopes video of road fall will help educate drivers
‘You don’t want to look back and think I wish I’d just slowed down, then I wouldn’t have killed that person – or that horse’
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Police appeal after rider injured in hit-and-run
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CCTV shows how horse’s spook saves rider from being struck by overtaking lorry
‘I wondered what the driver was doing – then he drove straight at me’
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Taxi driver who ‘crashed’ into horse and rider blames low sun
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‘The driver was screaming’: rider breaks nose after car passes too fast and close
‘I realise drivers don’t want to be hindered by horses but they need to be aware of the consequences; it’s someone’s life’
