Sir Lex wrote:

> Scott en Aztlán wrote:
>> I can understand how that driver must have felt - you just can't drive
>> slowly enough for some people. If some arrogant bitch told me to slow
>> down when I was already driving at a legal, reasonable, and prudent
>> speed, I'd get ****ed off, too (although I wouldn't go after her with
>> an oar - I'd just tell her to **** off).
>>
>> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/...8JJ2KCO0.shtml
>>
>> Teen Allegedly Uses Oar on Horse Riders
>> Teen allegedly goes after two N.H. horse riders with wooden oar in
>> bizarre road rage case
>>
>> BARRINGTON, N.H., Aug. 18, 2006
>> (AP) Police are investigating a bizarre incident in which a teen,
>> apparently angered by two horse riders along the road, allegedly went
>> after the riders with an oar and stabbed a man who intervened.

Sounds nuts no matter why he did it.

>> Michele Snow, of Barrington, said she and her 7-year-old daughter,
>> Brianna, were riding on the side of the road Wednesday when Snow waved
>> for a truck to slow down as it drove toward them.

Is there some sort of coded wave for "Slow down" as opposed to, say,
"HI!" or "My friend is bleeding to death, do you have a cell phone?" or
"Is this the road to Jonesville?"

> That's not exactly an unreasonable request. Slowing down momentarily
> would have added at most 10 seconds to the drivers trip, and maybe 5
> cents tops to his gas bill? Sounds like pretty good insurance to me
> considering roaring up to a horse even at the SL could startle it and
> send it galloping into the path of a car.

I'm a city girl. If I saw somebody on a horse waving at me on a 60-mph
road I'd figure there was something seriously wrong. I'd be pretty
****ed if I got out of the car in order to render assistance only to
find that the rider just wanted me to slow down. Maybe it's good that I
don't carry an oar in my truck.

>> Witnesses told police the 16-year-old driver skidded to a stop,
>> grabbed a wooden oar and went after the riders. They galloped away as
>> several neighbors and other witnesses headed for the driver.
>>
>> Witnesses told Fosters Daily Democrat the teen pulled a knife and
>> stabbed 57-year-old Milton Smith of Strafford in the face and leg as
>> he tried to calm the teen down. Smith was treated and released from
>> the hospital.
>
> I realise this story is probably quite one sided, however if true, I
> hope this teen is locked up for assault.

The story is incoherent.

> I come across a few horses a year on roads near my house, all with speed
> limits of 100km/h (60). If I see a horse with rider close to the road,
> I will not hesitate to slow down to half the SL so as not to spook the
> horse. Once safely past the horse I'll get back up to my usual SL + 7.

Should a horse be ridden with traffic or facing traffic?

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Bev
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