Horse and cart... (Rant inside)

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Never have I dealt with such **** before.
Rush hour in Stevenage and at a busy roundabout, finally get on it when all of a sudden my girlfriend had to plant her foot on the brake to avoid smashing into the side of a horse and cart that had just ran on to the roundabout. I lean over and beep as she's avoiding.
The 2 pikies in control of said horse and cart look as though they're used to this sort of transport in Eastern Europe and seem to think its ok to apply this sort of behaviour to the busy roads in England..
They stop and start shouting something I couldn't understand and waving fists at us. I was speechless.
They looked as though they were getting off the cart (we're stationary in the middle of a busy roundabout) when all I could say was "Go round the cart" as something was going to kick off.

I still can't believe that situation occurred..

Anyone else had this before??

Edit: and by cart I mean it was like this:
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I once watched as a huge load of dead rabbits went flying from a horse and cart that was going round a roundabout rather fast.. Littering the entire road with them. It was indescribably grim. abhorrent *******s.
 
Mike306 said:
Roads aren't for the sole use of cars. :rolleyes:
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Agreed but you don't just run a horse (it was actually running) onto a busy roundabout in hope that cars won't hit you.

I suppose it's one of those cases where a go-pro video would've explained it better.
 
Mike306 said:
Roads aren't for the sole use of cars. :rolleyes:
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Hardly the point.

Whatever medium of transport you want to use, you still have to adhere to the rules of the road. Rules which forbid pulling out into a roundabout in the path of oncoming cars, even when utilising Victorian-era transport.
 
Rossi~ said:
I lean over and beep as she's avoiding.
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You'd get a slap from me if I was driving.
I'm driving, I'm the controller, not you.

That said, I know how stupid those horse & cart / knick knack men are when it comes to highway code. Had a near miss once in Hull when they don't care for 'Give Way' signs.
 
nice one, beeping at a horse?! what a fanny...

and surely someones observation is at fault if you didn't notice a horse coming onto the roundabout?!
 
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Mr Jones said:
You'd get a slap from me if I was driving.
I'm driving, I'm the controller, not you.
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Don't be to harsh on him, you do things like that when you've been drinking - I assume thats why he was letting her drive..?

(I'm only kidding, unless there is any feminists here, in which case I mean it :P)
 
They put him in a position of danger that he was then forced to avoid. Sure, I doubt they set out to have a crash so the intents different, but the fact remains that they put him in the position of it being possible by ignoring the rules of the road. Now, you may not get angry at that, but I certainly would and it would certainly be justified.
 
OP, I've encountered these contraptions on the road myself. They are a bloody menace and have no road sense at all. They seem to think they have right of way everywhere.

Don't sweat it though. Chalk it up to experience.
 
Have you seriously never seen a horse and cart on the road before ?

All over the place 'up north' , I've even seen a lad fall off into traffic then get up and kick the horse before getting back on

I'd consider it if petrol prices got any sillier , just not sure work would be happy me tieing it up outside
 
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