Squashed into the kerb by a horsebox

[maurice]

Thank god the kerb at that moment was lowered!

'Commuting' to the trails through town on my MTB, holding a decent secondary at 20mph on a slight downhill when a range rover towing a big horsebox started overtaking then did this to me, box started pushing me into the pavement until I had to mount it to avoid getting taken out. Luckily pedestrian free.

There was no cause for it at all other than maybe the driver forgot he was towing?! Anyone else been done this way by a trailer?

Couldn't catch driver up to give them a bollocking unfortunately

 

[fossyant]

Yeh - had this on a club run - the driver 'forgot' that he had a trailer........ it was a close call for us all......

 

[Plax]

I've had this with a car towing a caravan. Just missed it, and would have copped it had I not moved in.

 

[Black Sheep]

I've had this with a car towing a caravan. Just missed it, and would have copped it had I not moved in.

worst thing with a caravan is flat bars and associated brake levers could potentially break through the fiberglass of the body (if its older than 5 years or so) and get caught!

a friend got a right telling off from his mum after leaning the bike against the van and it putting a hole in it!

 

[bonj2]

this just shows the arrogance of horses. they think they own the countryside. bet you wish you'd had an airzound then you could have scared the living daylights out of the bugger!

 

[maurice]

That would have been ideal!

It's a good job I didn't meet any horses on the bridlepaths later

 

[jimboalee]

M 12 CDM is the Reg. number of an articulated truck owned by Cadbury's of Bournville, Birmingham.

I was using plastic toe clips and touring shoes with deep rubber grooves. Couldn't get my foot out fast enough. Hit the pavement.

"If I wasn't wearing a helmet, I would have suffered less brain damage"

This was in late 1996. Brand new truck.

 

[Ronaldo]

That would have been ideal!

It's a good job I didn't meet any horses on the bridlepaths later

Horses; they may be stupid but they sure know how to kick.

 

[downfader]

Had this happen on the way home from work last year. Heading up a hill, parked cars to my left and overtaken on a slight bend by a builders truck. Thought to myself he cut that a bit close and then saw the trailer come in at around 5mm from my body. Shouted out for him to be careful but he didnt hear me and teared tried to tear off. Traffic was that bad on the day that I kept up with him for about a 1/4 of a mile so no need to have overtaken.

 

[MartinC]

In my experience people towing horse boxes seem to be pretty careless when passing cyclists. Always makes me feel slightly less than sympathetic when you hear horse riders asking for drivers to be considerate to them,

 

[thomas]

On the way back from work, ages ago, holding a primary up a road because there were road works at the top and a massive tail back of traffic. There was no need to overtake and you couldn't of because of the cars coming in the other lane.

Some builders decide to overtake, really close, then they had to swerve in to get to the back of the que for the road works - nearly took me out with their trailer. They didn't actually get anywhere. I had to stop, move back and go around them to get to the front of the que - we had a bit of a swearing match.

 

[Arch]

In my experience people towing horse boxes seem to be pretty careless when passing cyclists. Always makes me feel slightly less than sympathetic when you hear horse riders asking for drivers to be considerate to them,

Whereas I don't think I've had any negative experiences with horseboxes, so it goes to show, generalisations are pointless....

 

[downfader]

In my experience people towing horse boxes seem to be pretty careless when passing cyclists. Always makes me feel slightly less than sympathetic when you hear horse riders asking for drivers to be considerate to them,

I suppose the way I look at it (and we have a lot of horses used on the roads here still, big gypsy families still take them out for runs and jobs) its not the horse's fault and I'd rather see a careful driver/motorist./cyclist around a horse than some dumbo who beeps their horn because they've had to wait 30 seconds to pass safely (happened last year here - how the horse never bolted I dont know)

 

[HLaB]

I've found in general folk with trailers are a menace. I remember once when going up a small hill a 4x4 driver overtook and immediately turned left into his driveway and almost took me out with his trailer. Fortunately as it was a hill I was going sub 18mph and was able to stop sharpish. I was going to stop and have words but the weather was good and I was only 5 miles into 90mile ride, so I just took a deep breath and pushed on; I wasn't letting one idiot spoil my ride.

 

[MartinC]

I suppose the way I look at it (and we have a lot of horses used on the roads here still, big gypsy families still take them out for runs and jobs) its not the horse's fault and I'd rather see a careful driver/motorist./cyclist around a horse than some dumbo who beeps their horn because they've had to wait 30 seconds to pass safely (happened last year here - how the horse never bolted I dont know)

It's neither the horse's fault nor the rider's at all and they both deserve full consideration. I just find the contradiction interesting. The horse fraternity, quite rightly, ask for considerate treatment for their vulnerable road users from yet in my experience (I used to ride on the Berkshire Downs a lot) a good number of them fail to extend the same when the roles are reversed. I've had any number of dangerous overtakes, left and right hooks from towed horse boxes. You'd think that this group of road users would be more aware and considerate than the majority.