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From: ashley filmer on 23 Mar 2010 07:47
On 23 Mar, 11:10, boltar2...(a)boltar.world wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 03:40:44 -0700 (PDT)
>
> ashley filmer <ash.fil...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> >It is not uncommon for horse owners to have to unload thier animals on
> >the road side when attending various activities due to the inability
> >of access to fields by such large vehcles when the ground is soft.
> >This signage gives extra warning to passing vehicles that there might
> >be horses in the road. Think of it as a sensible  warning to those
> >around them!
>
> I sometimes wonder if horse riding is such good fun then why don't they
> just ride the animals to wherever they're going. That is the whole point of
> having a horse after all.
>
> B2003

Many keep their animals for competition, the competions could be 50
miles away. That is 100 mile round trip without actually taking part
in the event in one day. Do you think this a reasonable thing to
expect of any horse or rider, and do you think they would actually be
competitively fit by the time they had got there ?
From: boltar2003 on 23 Mar 2010 08:16
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:19:01 -0700 (PDT)
ashley filmer <ash.filmer(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>These vehicles are limited by law to 50mph on single carriageway
>national speed limit roads. If they hit a hill and are slowed by it
>like any other lorry, the lasrt thingthey want to do is stop half way
>up and risk burning their clutch out on a hill start because some
>impatient driver wants to get by. If the impatient driver is really
>put out by other vehicles on the road, then perhaps they can go and do
>a track day on a closed circuit where they can go as fast as their

Or perhaps they have an appointment or meeting or perhaps one of their
family has been taken to hospital and they didnt reckon on getting stuck
for 3 miles behind some silly little girl driving a horsebox she cant handle
at 25mph.

>vehciles are capable of. They are designed as heavy animal
>transporters at the end of the day. This is why they are so heavy
>themselves ;o)

The weight isn't the issue - the gutless engines and hopeless drivers are.
Any vehicle that can't maintain 30mph up the sort of hills you'd find on
any main road is underpowered. And that list will include many HGVs and
buses too.

B2003

From: ashley filmer on 23 Mar 2010 08:37
On 23 Mar, 12:16, boltar2...(a)boltar.world wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 04:19:01 -0700 (PDT)
>
> ashley filmer <ash.fil...(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
> >These vehicles are limited by law to 50mph on single carriageway
> >national speed limit roads. If they hit a hill and are slowed by it
> >like any other lorry, the lasrt thingthey want to do is stop half way
> >up and risk burning their clutch out on a hill start because some
> >impatient driver wants to get by. If the impatient driver is really
> >put out by other vehicles on the road, then perhaps they can go and do
> >a track day on a closed circuit where they can go as fast as their
>
> Or perhaps they have an appointment or meeting or perhaps one of their
> family has been taken to hospital and they didnt reckon on getting stuck
> for 3 miles behind some silly little girl driving a horsebox she cant handle
> at 25mph.

Better to arrive 30 seconds late in this world than 30 seconds early
in the next one !

>
> >vehciles are capable of. They are designed as heavy animal
> >transporters at the end of the day. This is why they are so heavy
> >themselves ;o)
>
> The weight isn't the issue - the gutless engines and hopeless drivers are.
> Any vehicle that can't maintain 30mph up the sort of hills you'd find on
> any main road is underpowered. And that list will include many HGVs and
> buses too.
>
> B2003

By this reasoning the very vast majority of car drivers should just
move over and get out of my way when I come up behind them on my
motorcycle when I am in the outside lane. they are all slow, and wide,
and really do spoil the enjoyment of my ride. The buses and HGVs
rarely bother me because they are not pretentious enough to sit in the
outside lane for miles on end when the know a vastly faster vehicle is
sat up their chuff, and sees them as a rolling obstacle - How does
that sound ? ;o)
From: boltar2003 on 23 Mar 2010 08:40
On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 05:37:58 -0700 (PDT)
ashley filmer <ash.filmer(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
>> Or perhaps they have an appointment or meeting or perhaps one of their
>> family has been taken to hospital and they didnt reckon on getting stuck
>> for 3 miles behind some silly little girl driving a horsebox she cant handle
>> at 25mph.
>
>Better to arrive 30 seconds late in this world than 30 seconds early
>in the next one !

If you take traffic lights and other queuing obstacles into the equation
it'll be a damn site more than 30 seconds.

>By this reasoning the very vast majority of car drivers should just
>move over and get out of my way when I come up behind them on my
>motorcycle when I am in the outside lane. they are all slow, and wide,

*shrug* I move over for bikes if possible.

B2003

From: Adrian on 23 Mar 2010 08:56
ashley filmer <ash.filmer(a)googlemail.com> gurgled happily, sounding much
like they were saying:

> By this reasoning the very vast majority of car drivers should just move
> over and get out of my way when I come up behind them on my motorcycle
> when I am in the outside lane. they are all slow, and wide, and really
> do spoil the enjoyment of my ride. The buses and HGVs rarely bother me
> because they are not pretentious enough to sit in the outside lane for
> miles on end when the know a vastly faster vehicle is sat up their
> chuff, and sees them as a rolling obstacle - How does that sound ? ;o)

It sounds like stating the blindingly obvious for the wrong reason.
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