Horseboxes: A Scourge.

I forgot to include the following useful advice in the directive about Hooting. Sorry about the omission and thanks to friends who pointed it out.

 



On the way to the Gymkhana.
This excellent horse regrets the extension to your journey time
but is completely at the mercy of its masters and
is therefore not to blame.

Second only to tractors in the canon of vehicles which cause the motorist's heart to sink, are cars towing HORSEBOXES. These go along at a v leisurely pace and the people driving them think they are very important because "Clarissa must get to her Gymkhana" and this gives them (they think) full rights to be as slow as they jolly well please. It is not possible to hoot at these as it may freak the horses out and cause them to injure you or themselves. The action to take in this situation is to flash your lights constantly, wind down your window and lean out shaking your fist so the horseowner thinks you are indicating that their horse is in difficulties. Soon he will stop to see what the matter is, and you will be able to get past. This only works if you are in the car directly behind the horsebox; thus if you are at the head of a queue of traffic caught in the wake of a horsebox it is your Civic Duty to do it, for the good of all road users. Furthermore, any over-courteous driver who stops to allow a horsebox or other cumbersome vehicle out in front of him, renders himself if not a legitimate military target at least a worthy recipient for all the V-signs, thumb-biting and other abusive hand-signals those following him might care to offer.



Clarissa doing Dressage.

She is quite oblivious to all the people she has caused to be late for their appointments.