Horse Poo

[screenman]

Yeah even a dog cant see around corners.

You should never be going faster than the distance you can see to stop in, vanishing point and all that. That dog poo you did not see could have been a child or any other person.

 

[ufkacbln]

IN some placesit can be illegal if there is a bye-law

I know that the horse drawn carriages in Vienna had to recover the droppings or the horse had to wear a "nappy"

I also know that in Canterbury, York and Blackpool this is also the case.

 

[summerdays]

What annoys me more is that I know it's not a bridleway where I normally encounter it, given its the ring road cycle path, and the open quiet roads are near by I don't understand why they want to exercise them along there next to the busy road.

 

[Profpointy]

Yes it is a daft question.

Perhaps once you've persuaded the cyclists and walkers to stop discarding litter and dog owners to stop hanging their dogs' bagged up poo off fences and hedgerows, you might find time to take on the horse riders too.

thing is, if you gathered up horse dung and hung it from trees in plastic bags in the approved manner the extra weight would damage the branches.

 

[vernon]

IN some placesit can be illegal if there is a bye-law

I know that the horse drawn carriages in Vienna had to recover the droppings or the horse had to wear a "nappy"

I also know that in Canterbury, York and Blackpool this is also the case.

In York and Blackpool it's part of the license terms awarded to horse drawn carriage owners, in Canterbury it's a voluntary arrangement with the horse drawn carriage owners. These are special situations where the horse drawn carriages operate on fixed routes and in pedestrianised areas. It is not applicable to any horses not engaged in pulling carriages. So that means that all but ten horses or so per location are exempt from the rules.

 

[Aperitif]

You don't see much white horse poo these days...

 

[Archie_tect]

You do google strange things Vern!

It's not difficult to fit a poo catcher to horses, it just loops up round their tails- Northumbria Police [sometimes] use them... I'm sure most riders aren't agile enough to be able to hop off to collect the stuff in a shoulder bag and hop back on again... besides horses are so unpredictable they'd never stand still long enough in traffic to let them.

 

[young Ed]

No, is the short answer, with regards it being illegal. littering is the most they can be done for. Although if you were to remove it and use it in your garden, guess which carries the higher fine!

and now you're a thief!
Cheers Ed

 

[vernon]

You do google strange things Vern!

It's not difficult to fit a poo catcher to horses, it just loops up round their tails- Northumbria Police [sometimes] use them... I'm sure most riders aren't agile enough to be able to hop off to collect the stuff in a shoulder bag and hop back on again... besides horses are so unpredictable they'd never stand still long enough in traffic to let them.

I remember being sent out with a bucket and shovel as a kid if the horse that pulled the fruit and veg cart made a deposit in our street. My grandfather used to put the horse poo on his rhubarb.

I preferred custard on mine.

 

[Crackle]

Horse poo degrades rapidly. 2 or 3 days its gone.

 

[vernon]

Horse poo degrades rapidly. 2 or 3 days its gone.

I'll have to have words with my compost heap and demand that it gets its act together. It takes months to degrade there.

 

[welsh dragon]

This thread is so funny. Horse poo for gods sake being a hazzard. what will people complain of next.

 

[ianrauk]

This threads sh!t.

 

[Drago]

It is pretty hazardous on a corner in the wet. Beyond that, if you isn't eating it then what's the problem?

 

[numbnuts]

If you phone the council they will remove it, well they do in my area.