There is a Facebook page dedicated to the message "Pass Wide and Slow" around horses and riders. On Sunday morning I went down to Burton, near Christchurch to help with Awareness Ride 72 run by the indefatigable, Jodie Sloane. Fifteen riders, walkers, and cyclists turned up to help the spread the message that vulnerable road users have the right to be there. The new Highway Code sets out the new advice about passing riders, more specifically than before, that is at no more than 10 miles per hour and no less than two metres away.
Every day, riders across this country are put in danger by the ignorant, reckless, and deliberately terrifying behaviour of vehicle drivers and some end up very badly injured or even dead. Drivers do not own the roads, there is no such thing 'road' tax, and riders and other vulnerable road users should not be subjected to this sort of behaviour.
