Two more horses are killed on York roads (From York Press)

Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.
Lots of compo to be had out of our council taxes. All because no one has the bottle to deal with the problem. With the exception of Mark Warters of course.

An easy way to get this problem sorted. These motorists should sue York City Council for lack of care. The council DO have the powers to stop these horses being on the verges. What they lack is the balls to do something. I bet an action against the council would concentrate their minds.

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Better still make the whole of the A64 a 20 mph zone. LOL

pedalling paul wrote:
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Paul, you do realise that thats the irish citizens advice site....

Which is not to suggest that they don't desperately need to address this before someone is seriously killed or injured, just that your debating skills need some work!

They can't trace the owners?

All horses should be chipped, no?

No chip, confiscate horse.

Having said that, there are deer around many of our country roads. Drivers should be aware of such potential hazards and be alert. If that means taking the foot off the gas, tough.

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then?

They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

There are a lot of Smiths to choose from.

The horse owners should take greater care when tethering their horses.
A few more incidents like this and the problem will be solved, as there won't be any horses left.

ffs, enough is enough! How many times are YCC willing to let this happen before somebody is killed? It is terrible enough that these poor animals are left in unsuitable locations, poorly tethered and allowed to stray into the road and danger their own lives, never mind the lives of innocent motorists and passengers. Does YCC need to wait for "Family of four killed in collision with horses on A64" before they do anything?
If these animals are illegally left on public roadsides, they should be immediately confiscated and put into horse auctions (is there such a thing?).

again wrote:
They can't trace the owners?

All horses should be chipped, no?

No chip, confiscate horse.

Having said that, there are deer around many of our country roads. Drivers should be aware of such potential hazards and be alert. If that means taking the foot off the gas, tough.

idiot! nothing to do with speed. A push biker can be knocked off by a horse bolting into the road. There tends to be signs to tell people where deers are to be cautious. Horse are some what larger. Alot more risk of killing front seat occupants.

Think before you post.

How about some more facts before automatically blaming 'Travellers'? The report just says they "escaped from a poorly-secured field". Not that they were on the verge.

Meat for the food bank

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue.

Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Yorklies wrote:
Meat for the food bank

Mmmm! I love dining French.

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue.

Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis.

Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Yorklies wrote:
Meat for the food bank

STUPID.

‘Boadicea says..2:00pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Yorklies wrote:
Meat for the food bank
STUPID.’

A little tough but very tasty!

They can't be that hungary if they would turn down free frest meat.
In other parts of the world the carcass would have been stripped on site!

Or

lots of free ingredients for the glue factory!

Has anybody thought that the animals themselves are maybe committing suicide as a last ditch escape from their horrible predictable lives tethered (or not) to the side of a busy road and treated fairly badly by their ‘owners’, whilst York City Council look on and do nothing because they have no spine?

Kevin Turvey wrote:
‘Boadicea says..2:00pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Yorklies wrote:
Meat for the food bank
STUPID.’

A little tough but very tasty!

They can't be that hungary if they would turn down free frest meat.
In other parts of the world the carcass would have been stripped on site!

Or

lots of free ingredients for the glue factory!

Has anybody thought that the animals themselves are maybe committing suicide as a last ditch escape from their horrible predictable lives tethered (or not) to the side of a busy road and treated fairly badly by their ‘owners’, whilst York City Council look on and do nothing because they have no spine?

"York City Council ... have no spine?"

Is that because of the BSE crisis a few years ago?

I rang the police as I almost hit 2 black and white horses on Malton road near to the Hopgrove on saturday 22nd Dec 2302hrs in thick fog not sure if anything was done that night about it but it is hapening far to offten

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged.

Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate).

To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

*borne

SteadyOn wrote:

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged.

Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate).

To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

Your apology is noted and I'm sure will be gratefully received by Pete.

If its the field I am thinking of, it is "Scrubland" rather than proper fields and the Horses are your typical roadside tethered type, in this instance secured through makeshift fences rather than tethers.

I agree a horse warden is not a great job for a copper, I wouldn't want to do it. However The police's job is to ensure the safety of the highways, in conjunction with the relevant highway authority. As they have abdicated their responsibility for the moment, that leaves only the police. Again CYC failing to meet their legal responsibilities.

SteadyOn wrote:

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged.

Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate).

To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

you are not seriously suggesting that we the tax payer now also now pay for land for travellers to keep their horses! Is it not enough that I have to listen to their kids constantly using public land on their quadbikes (which everybody including the police seem to turn a blind eye too) but now I must pay for land to keep their horses on!

If you have horses you have somewhere to keep them that is not going to harm the horses or others!


‘the commentator says... 3:51pm Mon 7 Jan 13
Is it not enough that I have to listen to their kids constantly using public land on their quadbikes (which everybody including the police seem to turn a blind eye too)’


It is examples like this that really annoy me.
The last government brought in draconian and tough new laws on illegal off highway vehicle use to stamp out the antisocial element (NERC Act 2005).

To do this they basically removed many legal vehicular rights of way for no reason as the anti-social elements are still acting illegally.

What it has actually done is effect negatively on legal (taxed, licensed, mot, insured and indeed responsible) users of legal un-surfaced roads (legal access to vehicles) to the point of there being very few in number left whilst the antisocial elements carry on as normal causing mayhem with the anti-social behavior that the new legislation was intended to stop and the police ignore them as they are too hard to catch or indeed prosecute.

At the same time the police (along with the two local national park authorities) get all heavy handed and indeed attempt to stop users going about their lawful business as legal users on what is left of the legal rights of vehicular access network because you are following the law, using the anti-social part basically to harass you into giving up a legal activity.

So the golden rule for the UK now seems to be to just break the law on a continual basis and have no fixed abode and/or multi identities and nobody can touch you, do what you want!

Be a legal citizen and have your hobbies/interests stopped because of the above!

Does not seem right to me!

But there again the UK is hugely broken and soon ready for the inevitable economic collapse or civil war/civil unrest, that actually may sort a few issues out!

Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.

Without wanting to sound too pedantic, Malton is outside CoYC's bailiwick, isn't it? I'd imagine that it would be North Yorkshire County Council getting the writ.

Something doesn't add up here. The story states that the horses escaped from a field, and that the police have thus far been unable to trace the horses' owner. Surely that is the owner of the field from which they escaped? Either that or the horses had been put in that field without its owner's permission. But in any case, it would be the owner of the field (which, assuming that the police have the necessary detective skills to use the Land Registry's website, they should be able to identify in two minutes flat) I'd be sending the lawyers after in this situation. Failing to secure a field that borders a main road such that animals cannot escape from it and endanger traffic has to be negligence, pure and simple.

Guy Fawkes wrote:

Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.

Without wanting to sound too pedantic, Malton is outside CoYC's bailiwick, isn't it? I'd imagine that it would be North Yorkshire County Council getting the writ.

Something doesn't add up here. The story states that the horses escaped from a field, and that the police have thus far been unable to trace the horses' owner. Surely that is the owner of the field from which they escaped? Either that or the horses had been put in that field without its owner's permission. But in any case, it would be the owner of the field (which, assuming that the police have the necessary detective skills to use the Land Registry's website, they should be able to identify in two minutes flat) I'd be sending the lawyers after in this situation. Failing to secure a field that borders a main road such that animals cannot escape from it and endanger traffic has to be negligence, pure and simple.

What's Malton got to do with it? If you read the report properly it states Malton Road.

the commentator wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged.

Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate).

To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

you are not seriously suggesting that we the tax payer now also now pay for land for travellers to keep their horses! Is it not enough that I have to listen to their kids constantly using public land on their quadbikes (which everybody including the police seem to turn a blind eye too) but now I must pay for land to keep their horses on!

That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Whether you like it or not, the travelling community will continue to keep horses and if an alternative is not provided then they will continue to tether them illegally. So you have a choice: Provide secure land for them to keep the horses safely, under council control, where they can be properly monitored, at the tax payers' expense; continue to have them being tethered illegally on roadsides or on private land where they may break free, causing accident and injury which is then rectified at the tax payers' expense; confiscate them (at the tax payers' expense); or have them put down and disposed of at, you guessed it, the tax payer's expense. There must be acres of unused council-owned land that could be set aside for a purpose such as this. Whichever way you look at it, the solution will cost money. As the saying goes, better the devil you know...

Or perhaps you have another solution. In which case, be my guest...

A worrying article for all concerned. I hope someone gets to the bottom of these occurrences, as there is surely more to them than meets the eye; Whoever owns the horses, travellers or not, clearly would have no interest in the horses escaping, causing accidents and being killed. Horses are relatively easy to tether, so it's unusual at least how often they escape. I know for a fact that for the last publicised incident (last year) the police had a report that people may have deliberately untethered the horses to cause a nuisance. I'd love to know if the police got to the bottom of it, and if so why the Press isn't privy to the details. Either way, this problem needs to be sorted one way or another.

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The above PP reference sadly appears to relate to the Irish Republic not the UK.Perhaps we should adopt it into UK legislation?

I agree with Pete the Brickie and all those who condemn the way the "Travelling Community" appear to have complete immunity from arrest or censure. I am told that horses are very much valued by these people so let us not assume that because they happen to be tethered by the roadside they are badly cared for as several have opined. I speak as a horse owner over many years. Just because they are hairy Cobs it doesn't mean they are neglected!

GoodDoc wrote:
A worrying article for all concerned. I hope someone gets to the bottom of these occurrences, as there is surely more to them than meets the eye; Whoever owns the horses, travellers or not, clearly would have no interest in the horses escaping, causing accidents and being killed. Horses are relatively easy to tether, so it's unusual at least how often they escape. I know for a fact that for the last publicised incident (last year) the police had a report that people may have deliberately untethered the horses to cause a nuisance. I'd love to know if the police got to the bottom of it, and if so why the Press isn't privy to the details. Either way, this problem needs to be sorted one way or another.

I would celebrate if the police got to the bottom of anything except speeding motorists.
Like the 2 miscreants who trashed my property last year. Who were known and were never dealt with.

The nice police person saying quite seriously "We like to think we can keep them out of the justice system"

Crime figures are down bye the way. Now you know why.

Older Sometimes Wiser wrote:

pedalling paul wrote:
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The above PP reference sadly appears to relate to the Irish Republic not the UK.Perhaps we should adopt it into UK legislation?

I'm pretty sure I said that a few hours ago. There is no way that CYC should be providing facilities for these animals owners. They should be enforcing not mollycoddling!

garyleedodson wrote:
I rang the police as I almost hit 2 black and white horses on Malton road near to the Hopgrove on saturday 22nd Dec 2302hrs in thick fog not sure if anything was done that night about it but it is hapening far to offten

If I was about to hit a couple of stray horses the last thing I'd be doing was reaching for my mobile.

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue.

Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Good comment Steady ont and well put, but the two subjects are not related. PC Bramma's death like most others was tragic and I would never choose to insult him or his memory.

Thanks for your support Biologic.

I recall not so long ago there was an outbreak of Legionaires Disease cant remember quite where but a council officer was put up for prosecution for not doing her job checking the air con towers.
People died.
Ring any bells anyone and any council officers reading this should be wondering if their brief covers loose horses.
Can anyone feel a council prosecution coming on?

capt spaulding wrote:
Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.
Lots of compo to be had out of our council taxes. All because no one has the bottle to deal with the problem. With the exception of Mark Warters of course.

Ambulance-chasing law firm parasites?

What an interesting turn.

Rather than addressing the issue, which to be honest, is nothing but negligence on not only the horse owner's part but York City Council for failing to deal with this long-standing issue, we seem to be turning the guns to those people who have suffered loss or injury as a result of one of these animals breaking their tether and running loose on some of our most busiest roads.

I was always lead to believe that prevention was better than cure.

I suppose the alternative is should such a driver be confronted with a horse on the road, the driver should swerve to avoid it...into the path of an oncoming vehicle thus causing twice as much misery though no fault of their own.

There are ambulance chasers out there I agree but don't try and blame the victim for trying to get their lives back in order after what mush be a horrific ordeal.

I think I'm right in saying that this is an almost repeat incident. Several weeks ago horses escaped and ran onto the road leading up to Monks Cross from the same 'field' not so long ago. (Don't think any damage was caused on that occasion.) Travellers were running around trying to recapture the horses the last time they escaped. The area of land in question was 'secured' by poorly made 'fences' made from old pallets and oddments of wood nailed together. Someone or several people will be seriously hurt before long. It is worrying.

We were travelling on the A64 on this Saturday night in question when several horses appeared out of nowhere. We could not swerve as the horse was on our car immediately. There was an enormous bang. We pulled over as soon as possible. Luckily no-one in our car was seriously hurt but the windscreen was smashed and damage to the left side. We could not swerve, there was no time. According to a person who lived near the fields, he had put these horses into the field as they had been loose days before. They were not his horses but thought they would be safer in the field. No-one is owning up to these horses but they have done around £5,000 worth of damage to our vehicle. The poor horse was killed either by us or by the lady in the vehicle behind us that then ran over it. It was a shocking and traumatic incident and someone should be accountable for it. York City Council were aware of this problem and something should have been done about it.

Jackdawes, how frightening. I once hit a large deer and that was scary enough; and it was in broad daylight. Also, like I think someone said, deer follow fairly predictable trails. These horses are simply abandoned.

" you are not seriously suggesting that we the tax payer now also now pay for land for travellers to keep their horses! ? " to which SteadyOn replied "That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Whether you like it or not, the travelling community will continue to keep horses and if an alternative is not provided then they will continue to tether them illegally. So you have a choice: Provide secure land for them to keep the horses safely, under council control, where they can be properly monitored, at the tax payers' expense; continue to have them being tethered illegally on roadsides or on private land where they may break free, causing accident and injury which is then rectified at the tax payers' expense; confiscate them (at the tax payers' expense); or have them put down and disposed of at, you guessed it, the tax payer's expense. There must be acres of unused council-owned land that could be set aside for a purpose such as this. Whichever way you look at it, the solution will cost money. As the saying goes, better the devil you know... " And SteadyOn, very concise and clear analysis. There is no other way, really. And the horses are here. I once hit a deer; the thought of smashing in to a horse, even at 30 mph in my little tin can of a car is frightening.

I'm sure the taxes paid on lucky white heather sales, tarmacing drives and recycling unwanted copper cable dumped by railway tracks will more than pay for the upkeep of a few horses.

DeeJaiEss wrote:

capt spaulding wrote:
Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.
Lots of compo to be had out of our council taxes. All because no one has the bottle to deal with the problem. With the exception of Mark Warters of course.

Ambulance-chasing law firm parasites?

What an interesting turn.

Rather than addressing the issue, which to be honest, is nothing but negligence on not only the horse owner's part but York City Council for failing to deal with this long-standing issue, we seem to be turning the guns to those people who have suffered loss or injury as a result of one of these animals breaking their tether and running loose on some of our most busiest roads.

I was always lead to believe that prevention was better than cure.

I suppose the alternative is should such a driver be confronted with a horse on the road, the driver should swerve to avoid it...into the path of an oncoming vehicle thus causing twice as much misery though no fault of their own.

There are ambulance chasers out there I agree but don't try and blame the victim for trying to get their lives back in order after what mush be a horrific ordeal.

Theres nothing interesting about ambulance chasing law firm parasites.
The number of times i get texts about the accident I never had makes me really annoyed.

By the time City of York Council sort this out it wont be a problem we will be back using horse and cart.

Another horse running on 1079 again this morning.

Rockyrabbit wrote:
Another horse running on 1079 again this morning.

Was the going hard or soft and what are the odds.

Horses were loose at the side of B&Q Osbaldwick at 06.30 this morning. Only just managed to avoid them. I hope the police van that stopped managed to trace the owners.

I am sure that the Councils own Animal Health Inspectors and local Rscpa officers will know who the owners of the horses are. I know one traveller from Osbaldwick site owns some of them as i see him tending to them when I go to Monks Cross,he has bought hay from me in the past.

SteadyOn wrote:

the commentator wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged. Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate). To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

you are not seriously suggesting that we the tax payer now also now pay for land for travellers to keep their horses! Is it not enough that I have to listen to their kids constantly using public land on their quadbikes (which everybody including the police seem to turn a blind eye too) but now I must pay for land to keep their horses on!

That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Whether you like it or not, the travelling community will continue to keep horses and if an alternative is not provided then they will continue to tether them illegally. So you have a choice: Provide secure land for them to keep the horses safely, under council control, where they can be properly monitored, at the tax payers' expense; continue to have them being tethered illegally on roadsides or on private land where they may break free, causing accident and injury which is then rectified at the tax payers' expense; confiscate them (at the tax payers' expense); or have them put down and disposed of at, you guessed it, the tax payer's expense. There must be acres of unused council-owned land that could be set aside for a purpose such as this. Whichever way you look at it, the solution will cost money. As the saying goes, better the devil you know... Or perhaps you have another solution. In which case, be my guest...

i can see an alternative, capture them and give them back to the travellers by taking them to the campsites. They are their responsibilty and the have a load of land which they should keep all their animals on.

If they paid taxes then yes, lets provide some land, but as they dont why should they...if a group of taxpayers did the same we wouldnt have a field donated to us!

capt spaulding wrote:

DeeJaiEss wrote:

capt spaulding wrote:
Ambulance chasing law firm parasites know who to pursue. City of York Council.
Lots of compo to be had out of our council taxes. All because no one has the bottle to deal with the problem. With the exception of Mark Warters of course.

Ambulance-chasing law firm parasites?

What an interesting turn.

Rather than addressing the issue, which to be honest, is nothing but negligence on not only the horse owner's part but York City Council for failing to deal with this long-standing issue, we seem to be turning the guns to those people who have suffered loss or injury as a result of one of these animals breaking their tether and running loose on some of our most busiest roads.

I was always lead to believe that prevention was better than cure.

I suppose the alternative is should such a driver be confronted with a horse on the road, the driver should swerve to avoid it...into the path of an oncoming vehicle thus causing twice as much misery though no fault of their own.

There are ambulance chasers out there I agree but don't try and blame the victim for trying to get their lives back in order after what mush be a horrific ordeal.

Theres nothing interesting about ambulance chasing law firm parasites.
The number of times i get texts about the accident I never had makes me really annoyed.

And suddenly it all becomes clear. An ignorant mook with an axe to grind. Spam texts are not from law firms. They're from nefarious "Claims Management Companies". Complain to your mobile phone company instead of spouting your uninformed slurry here.

Yorkie Girl wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

the commentator wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

BioLogic wrote:

SteadyOn wrote:

Pete the Brickie wrote:

North Yorkshire Police confirmed they attended the accident, in which two horses were killed and two Ford Focus cars and a Hyundai Terracan were damaged. A spokeswoman said the horses’ owners had not yet been traced.

It might therefore be prudent for an officer in authority to divert a few more resources away from patrolling laybys, Morrisons and the immediate vicinity of their desks towards doing so, making them accountable and possibly saving an innocent motorists life then? They no doubt all found time to go the cinema over the holidays, the sort of people they are looking for strongly resemble Hobbits in their appearence, taste for travelling and liking of collecting things made from shiny metal, although I'd add they sell the ferrous objects they gather from third parties for cash rather than using it to save the planet from angry Wizards.

I know what you mean, Pete. Those useless, layby-patrolling, doughnut-eating, paper-pushing rozzers. They should get out and about and make themselves useful, eh? The way you satirise them... It's brilliant. You truely are the "Voice of the People". Gold star for you, my brick-laying friend. Gold star. Your razor-sharp wit is wasted here.Don't let anyone tell you any different and promise me you'll never miss an opportunity to lampoon those silly boys in blue. Meanwhile, in other news... PC Andrew Bramma was killed whilst on duty over the weekend, responding to reports of an accident.

Steady On - You will note that Pete's axe is firmly ground against the lacklustre (I'm being generous) management at NYP and not the generally hard working bobbies that do the donkeywork on a day to day basis. Andrew Bramma's death, any death of a PC, on duty is tragic and extremely sad, but as tragic as it may be, that shouldn't ever be a reason to not hold NYP to account for their organisational failings, of which there are many, not least where basic police work and enforcement, in conjunction with the local authority, could possibly have prevented the significant damage to property and risk to life and limb that has occurred over the the past 12 months due to their inaction. Pete at least chooses to do that criticism in jest rather than repeating the same dry but true mantra.

Perhaps my comment was a little too acerbic and was born of frustration, and for this I apologise. In this instance, though, I stand by by assertion that Pete's comment was insensitive and poorly judged. Regarding the article, at no point does it refer to tethered horses, but that the horses escaped from a poorly secured field. If this is the case, then surely the owner of the land (whether it is a private land-owner or the council) is responsible for the horses and is culpable for any damage caused to persons or property. If they don't want this responsibility then they should take steps to remove the horses. If this is council-owned land, for Steve Waddington to suggest responsibilty lies elsewhere is merely passing the buck. If the horses belong to the travelling community, perhaps the council could provide a secure field for them to graze (the horses, not the travellers - therein lies a different debate). To use the police as glorified dog-wardens is ridiculous. Do you want them patrolling the streets or rounding up stray animals? With the limited resources of the current economic climate you can't have it both ways.

you are not seriously suggesting that we the tax payer now also now pay for land for travellers to keep their horses! Is it not enough that I have to listen to their kids constantly using public land on their quadbikes (which everybody including the police seem to turn a blind eye too) but now I must pay for land to keep their horses on!

That's exactly what I'm suggesting. Whether you like it or not, the travelling community will continue to keep horses and if an alternative is not provided then they will continue to tether them illegally. So you have a choice: Provide secure land for them to keep the horses safely, under council control, where they can be properly monitored, at the tax payers' expense; continue to have them being tethered illegally on roadsides or on private land where they may break free, causing accident and injury which is then rectified at the tax payers' expense; confiscate them (at the tax payers' expense); or have them put down and disposed of at, you guessed it, the tax payer's expense. There must be acres of unused council-owned land that could be set aside for a purpose such as this. Whichever way you look at it, the solution will cost money. As the saying goes, better the devil you know... Or perhaps you have another solution. In which case, be my guest...

i can see an alternative, capture them and give them back to the travellers by taking them to the campsites. They are their responsibilty and the have a load of land which they should keep all their animals on.

If they paid taxes then yes, lets provide some land, but as they dont why should they...if a group of taxpayers did the same we wouldnt have a field donated to us!

So, basically, allow things to carry on as they are until somebody is killed. Out of spite.

Bradford appear to be dealing with the problem -

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I have wanted my own horse after riding for the past 20 years but my job doesn't allow me the funds to sufficiently care for the horse, to house it appropriately and tend to its needs. I do little else with my money but pay bills and buy food (like most people do) and unless you own a field, livery is very expensive (at least £100 a month and that's just to rent a space) but very obviously necessary for the care of such a large animal. I doubt I'll ever avoid it so I wouldn't do it because it's not fair on the animal. It isn't as simple as putting them in a field either-who is going to maintain the field so it is free of poisonous plants, has a fresh water supply, mends the fences that get worn and broken? Why should my tax money do that? Why can some people decide they can do what they want and other people will find and pay for a solution? We don't need free fields, we need the police and council to enforce the responsibillity back onto these people who chose to own a horse, or ten. At least that's my opinion anyway.