The first time i saw this was near Huntingdon, both directions of the dual carriageway shut due to a nervous horse inside the horse box, four fire engines in attendance, lots of police and ambulances.
On the M6 around junction 10 northbound yesterday , the same thing again, both directions shut and five fire engines and a specialist rescue tender that had dropped it`s box body to unload a Bobcat digger, ambulances and police in attendance.
Your thoughts on why they close the road, and why does the driver of the horse box just stop willy nilly and not carry on to a suitable place out of the way of fast moving traffic and noise which will disturb the horse or horses even more.
Who decides to send so many fire engines, this causes rubber neckers assuming it is a multi vehicle accident , when it is simply a horse box on the hard shoulder.
The radio reports said it was a broken down vehicle.
Law unto themselves! Don’t get me started on the subject of horse boxes.
Why is it that the poorer ones have battered old knackered Ford/Iveco Cargo in a two tone colour with bits of frayed rope tied to rings on the side of the body? More often than not, on the back there is HORSES CAUTION, which means CAUTION, I’M DRIVING LIKE A #### . One of these pulled up on Stafford services on the next pump this morning and asked me why the fuel pump wouldn’t work. She was really hacked off when she had to hand over a credit card first!
Then we have the richer ones with their Scania custom built bodies in gold or silver who think it’s okay to drive with their phone to ear. Tuesday afternoon at Didcot on the A34, one of these decided that she can enter the roadworks flat out, into the 6’6"" width restriction on the outside lane and still pass my artic and still be flat to the mat. What I thought was hilarious, that I passed Sutton Scotney, she was trying to get it on a car pump, the bint.
Right, all calmed down now, pub calling.
Get the police to shoot the horse, get the vehicle off the road, job done .
What gets me is that you get those who do the racehorse transporting who are transporting nags sometimes worth 6 figures and they drive like its a bread delivery van or they’re working for Tuffnells. They don’t ponce about like those driving their pet horses about.
When the Blenheim Horse Trials were on last month VOSA were out in force, open season on the donkey boxes. Several flustered upset ladies getting tickets.
It is policy to stop both c/ways to transfer a horse from one box to another. I’ve never known fire engines to attend, unless off course it was on fire or horse had moved inside and was trapped. We had one where the floor had collapsed and the horse was being dragged down the road. Fortunately, a truck managed to make it stop quite quickly. Beanie is quite correct. They either have a flash scania or ■■■■■■ 7.5t but both are mainly driven by people, the majority women, who do not have a clue.
Also the police ones, no expense spared and 80mph jobbies, I was passed on the M1 north just south of Leeds by a dark blue one with police bling all over it. Thought I had stopped for a minute.
brados:
Also the police ones, no expense spared and 80mph jobbies, I was passed on the M1 north just south of Leeds by a dark blue one with police bling all over it. Thought I had stopped for a minute.
What is the only animal with a fanny halfway up it’s back?
I work on a farm that has around 30 horses.
Agree with many of the above comments! 
We service [look over and advise of work that needs doing - which they then DON’T get done], usually rotten floors and stuck brakes due to the trailer standing doing nowt for 364 days a year with the handbrake on… 
And then load a skittish - fruit nut of an animal into it. 
As someone said somewhere on this forum… They breed too!!! And I don’t mean the horses!
why a bobcat digger, that don’t make sense
truckman020:
why a bobcat digger, that don’t make sense
Scoop it up once its been shot.
I never had a problem I used to move stunt horses and polo ponies all over Europe ! But it is funny to see some toff with a blinged up motor and no idea how to load their 25grand dressage nag and they used ta get pretty pizzed off when me and me mate used to tell um ta FEKORF out the way and shove the old donkey in the box with them shouting at us !
Why do they feel the need to have “Caution, Austrian My Little Ponies” written on the horsebox? I treat all horseboxes the same when I catch them up (ie driven by a slow clueless toff who will take forever to slow for a roundabout and has no clue about roadworthiness etc). The breed of horse or pony means Jack ■■■■ to me. If we follow their train of thought then Audi TTs should have “Caution, estate agent on board”, and Toyota Prius cars would have “Caution, smug gulliable leftie on board.”
I was driving along the A303 last week when I noticed traffic slowing, apparently for no reason. It turns out people were slowing for a horse that was being exercised in a field next to the road. Am I wrong in thinking I have no reason to slow when they’re not on the road? They had a big field to ride in yet decided to walk next to roadside fence, unless they were trying to get the horse used to traffic.
They do drive about like idiots but there are certainly some fine split arses in riding gear that drive said motors 
Usually all togged out in their boots and jodhpurs after a long day in the saddle 
“If you could bottle horse p i$$ and jodphurs.”
It would make a great aphrodisiac some one once said…
If you don’t smell like them, they won’t speak to you or be interested in you…
Oh yes are equine loving friends like a drama, and also like to cause tailbacks where ever they need to go
beanie:
Law unto themselves! Don’t get me started on the subject of horse boxes.
Why is it that the poorer ones have battered old knackered Ford/Iveco Cargo in a two tone colour with bits of frayed rope tied to rings on the side of the body? More often than not, on the back there is HORSES CAUTION, which means CAUTION, I’M DRIVING LIKE A #### . One of these pulled up on Stafford services on the next pump this morning and asked me why the fuel pump wouldn’t work. She was really hacked off when she had to hand over a credit card first!
Then we have the richer ones with their Scania custom built bodies in gold or silver who think it’s okay to drive with their phone to ear. Tuesday afternoon at Didcot on the A34, one of these decided that she can enter the roadworks flat out, into the 6’6"" width restriction on the outside lane and still pass my artic and still be flat to the mat. What I thought was hilarious, that I passed Sutton Scotney, she was trying to get it on a car pump, the bint.
Right, all calmed down now, pub calling.
That’s an 8ft width restriction south at Didcot or it was on Thursday when I went through in my truck
axletramp:
What is the only animal with a fanny halfway up it’s back?
A POLICE HORSE… youtube.com/watch?v=bcYppAs6ZdI