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Not sure where you are but here in the UK it's quite legal to ride a horse or drive a horse with a carriage of some kind on the road. The carriage needs to be "

by corobo 9y ago

Not sure where you are but here in the UK it's quite legal to ride a horse or drive a horse with a carriage of some kind on the road. The carriage needs to be "road worthy" but aside from that you don't even need a license of any kind unless you're transporting passengers. It's just not very fast compared to modern cars and quite expensive so not as many people do it. Edit: Oh one minor mostly common sense note - You can't ride/drive horses on the motorway and probably shouldn't on faster roads or dual carriageways due to the rest of the traffic going far faster than you.

GoToRO 9y ago
In my country they are banned on highways, national roads, cities. I was referring to that. I think banning them on congested roads will increase the demand for public transport which is what we should have on those road anyway.
- openasocket 9y ago
  You want to ban cars on congested roads? Isn't that a paradox? If cars are banned on a road then it won't be congested anymore, so cars will be allowed on it, then it will get congested so cars get banned ... in the end I think what you're suggesting is running around giving tickets to people in traffic jams. Also, in what country did they ban horses?
  - viraptor 9y ago
    That's taking the idea to absurd extreme. You don't flip-flop the law every day. London for example has a congestion zone around the main city, which involves multiple limits and in many places removed congestion. This doesn't mean those areas are free for all again - the zone remains to keep out / reduce the congestion which would otherwise come back.
    - openasocket 9y ago
      In my defense, the OP said "banning cars." In London to deal with congestion they basically just turn large sections of the city into a toll road. That's pretty different than "banning cars"
      - corin_ 9y ago
        That's true, but whether banning cars or making it less attractive to cars (e.g. with London's congestion charge), the point is that places already have people working on road planning/etc., it can be done with humans making decisions, not a piece of code going "if (congested) {ban cars} else {allow cars}". To use Oxford as a small example of more than a toll, there's a few roads in the city centre that only buses/taxis are allowed to use, and a few roads that only pedestrians can use (with some time-specific exceptions for loading/unloading/etc.). Nobody looks at it and thinks "well now it's not congested we should allow cars again".
  - GoToRO 9y ago
    You put public transport instead. At least on some city centers this is already happening.
  - lmm 9y ago
    > If cars are banned on a road then it won't be congested anymore, so cars will be allowed on it, then it will get congested so cars get banned Some roads are congested even with private cars banned (e.g. Oxford Street). > in the end I think what you're suggesting is running around giving tickets to people in traffic jams. Would that be such a bad thing? Obv. it would need to be a little more formalized than that.
    - openasocket 9y ago
      You don't work in a city with shitty traffic and public transport systems, then. I live in D.C. If I were to take public transportation to my job it would take about twice as long and involve me walking 5 miles both ways. And I get in traffic jams daily. So yeah, if you went around penalizing people for something largely outside their ability to control, there would be riots in the streets.
- corobo 9y ago
  Ah I see yes they are banned in the EU on highways - I'm guessing you're referring to Romania going by the site in your profile - I'll concede that yeah in that situation (the ban resulting in going from business horses to no horses) was essentially banning them. They're not technically banned as such, but the rules they're under changed too much for them to be viable.
dspillett 9y ago
Also they should not use cycle lanes unless local signs explicitly state otherwise.
- corobo 9y ago
  I didn't know that specific rule but I think I would have assumed it were I riding a horse. In regard to road rules I'd see a horse as more a downgraded car than an upgraded bike, sorta like a motorbike but slower.
  - DanBC 9y ago
    It's not a rule, it's a "should not", not a "must not". Rule 54: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-about-animals-47-to-58 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-about-ani... > You MUST NOT take a horse onto a footpath or pavement, and you should not take a horse onto a cycle track. Use a bridleway where possible. Equestrian crossings may be provided for horse riders to cross the road and you should use these where available (see Rule 27). You should dismount at level crossings where a ‘horse rider dismount’ sign is displayed.
madeofpalk 9y ago
In fact, in Australia, if you ride your horse up to a pub/bar, they're technically legally required to give water and feed for the horses.
- athenot 9y ago
  That's awesome! Is it legal to ride your horse while inebriated?
  - reacweb 9y ago
    probably safer than walking.
    - isk517 9y ago
      Only if the horse is sober.
  - logfromblammo 9y ago
    No, so put some oats in his feedbag and let him sleep it off. Oh, you meant the rider. Yeah, that's fine.
  - sigstoat 9y ago
    > Is it legal to ride your horse while inebriated? there was a fellow arrested in colorado a few years back for that: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24052312/cu-boulder-police-arrest-suspected-drunken-horseback-rider http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24052312/cu-bould...

by corobo 9y ago

GoToRO 9y ago

In my country they are banned on highways, national roads, cities. I was referring to that. I think banning them on congested roads will increase the demand for public transport which is what we should have on those road anyway.

openasocket 9y ago
You want to ban cars on congested roads? Isn't that a paradox? If cars are banned on a road then it won't be congested anymore, so cars will be allowed on it, then it will get congested so cars get banned ... in the end I think what you're suggesting is running around giving tickets to people in traffic jams. Also, in what country did they ban horses?
- viraptor 9y ago
  That's taking the idea to absurd extreme. You don't flip-flop the law every day. London for example has a congestion zone around the main city, which involves multiple limits and in many places removed congestion. This doesn't mean those areas are free for all again - the zone remains to keep out / reduce the congestion which would otherwise come back.
  - openasocket 9y ago
    In my defense, the OP said "banning cars." In London to deal with congestion they basically just turn large sections of the city into a toll road. That's pretty different than "banning cars"
    - corin_ 9y ago
      That's true, but whether banning cars or making it less attractive to cars (e.g. with London's congestion charge), the point is that places already have people working on road planning/etc., it can be done with humans making decisions, not a piece of code going "if (congested) {ban cars} else {allow cars}". To use Oxford as a small example of more than a toll, there's a few roads in the city centre that only buses/taxis are allowed to use, and a few roads that only pedestrians can use (with some time-specific exceptions for loading/unloading/etc.). Nobody looks at it and thinks "well now it's not congested we should allow cars again".
- GoToRO 9y ago
  You put public transport instead. At least on some city centers this is already happening.
- lmm 9y ago
  > If cars are banned on a road then it won't be congested anymore, so cars will be allowed on it, then it will get congested so cars get banned Some roads are congested even with private cars banned (e.g. Oxford Street). > in the end I think what you're suggesting is running around giving tickets to people in traffic jams. Would that be such a bad thing? Obv. it would need to be a little more formalized than that.
  - openasocket 9y ago
    You don't work in a city with shitty traffic and public transport systems, then. I live in D.C. If I were to take public transportation to my job it would take about twice as long and involve me walking 5 miles both ways. And I get in traffic jams daily. So yeah, if you went around penalizing people for something largely outside their ability to control, there would be riots in the streets.
corobo 9y ago
Ah I see yes they are banned in the EU on highways - I'm guessing you're referring to Romania going by the site in your profile - I'll concede that yeah in that situation (the ban resulting in going from business horses to no horses) was essentially banning them. They're not technically banned as such, but the rules they're under changed too much for them to be viable.

dspillett 9y ago

Also they should not use cycle lanes unless local signs explicitly state otherwise.

corobo 9y ago
I didn't know that specific rule but I think I would have assumed it were I riding a horse. In regard to road rules I'd see a horse as more a downgraded car than an upgraded bike, sorta like a motorbike but slower.
- DanBC 9y ago
  It's not a rule, it's a "should not", not a "must not". Rule 54: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-about-animals-47-to-58 https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-highway-code/rules-about-ani... > You MUST NOT take a horse onto a footpath or pavement, and you should not take a horse onto a cycle track. Use a bridleway where possible. Equestrian crossings may be provided for horse riders to cross the road and you should use these where available (see Rule 27). You should dismount at level crossings where a ‘horse rider dismount’ sign is displayed.

madeofpalk 9y ago

In fact, in Australia, if you ride your horse up to a pub/bar, they're technically legally required to give water and feed for the horses.

athenot 9y ago
That's awesome! Is it legal to ride your horse while inebriated?
- reacweb 9y ago
  probably safer than walking.
  - isk517 9y ago
    Only if the horse is sober.
- logfromblammo 9y ago
  No, so put some oats in his feedbag and let him sleep it off. Oh, you meant the rider. Yeah, that's fine.
- sigstoat 9y ago
  > Is it legal to ride your horse while inebriated? there was a fellow arrested in colorado a few years back for that: http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24052312/cu-boulder-police-arrest-suspected-drunken-horseback-rider http://www.dailycamera.com/news/boulder/ci_24052312/cu-bould...