Whats the difference between overtaking a learner driver and a horse?
By crosa125
@crosa125 (1483)
March 7, 2007 6:27pm CST
how do you really treat learner drivers?we have respect for the horses and riders because the horse may spook and cause and accident, correct?any time i see them i just remember my sister....why didn't you pass this time? there was a car behind me!!!! was it?....So, why do people allow themselves to antagonise and intimidate the learners? Why drive so close? Why overtake dangerously? Why sound the horn if they stall?I am NOT having a dig at horse riders at all, just painting a picture and creating a scenario
5 responses
@urbandekay (18278)
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8 Mar 07
People often overtake horse-riders badly. Remember the horse may do unpredictable things, SLOW DOWN and pass by giving the horse as much room as possible. Don't rev your engine or accelerate away after you are passed you may still 'spook' the horse, particularly if it is a young or nervous horse. Do not sound you horn. Similar rules might well be applicable to learner drivers, yes you were one once aswell
all the best urban
@urbandekay (18278)
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8 Mar 07
And horse riders please show your appreciation when people do slow down and treat you with respect, failure to do so gives us all a bad name.
all the best urban
@urbandekay (18278)
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8 Mar 07
Yes, we'll do that, right after motorists collect up their exhaust fumes and take them away
all the best urban
@blackbriar (9075)
• United States
10 Mar 07
There is no difference. A nervous learner could 'spook' just as easily as a horse and cause an accident. You just take it easy and watch out for them. We were all learners at some point in our lives.
@blackbriar (9075)
• United States
10 Mar 07
Oh my! I guess you were a bad boy then. lol I learned how to drive on a tractor 1st, then my dad took me down all the back roads when I was 12 yrs old. I knew how to drive b4 I took the test.
@weemam (13372)
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11 Mar 07
lol crosa don't get me started , I have so much respect for L drivers , I was almost 50 when I took driving lessons and passed first time by the way , but it was such a hard time for me , I was so nervous when my lesson was due I was always on the loo lol , I give them plenty of room and I do not fly passed , so many people forget that they Had to learn too , Lol I can breathe now rant over xx
@deeeky (3667)
• Edinburgh, Scotland
8 Mar 07
People on horses should be given plenty of consideration and we should wait until there is enough space for us to pass safely so that we do not spook the horse, as you put it. The same should be given to learner drivers because we were like they were to begin with.
@honeyangel (1991)
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8 Mar 07
i aways give respect to learner driver as all driver were a learner.you got to remember they have to learn somewhere and the best place is the roads.
so i say take it easy with them
