Re: Re: The Posse Ride (From the Ride Manager)

["Sandy Bolinger" <bolinger@bigsky.net>]

There was a story a couple of years ago about a guy who sued a ladder
manufacturer because the ladder didn't come with a sufficient warning on the
warning label...the man had set the ladder up with one or two of the feet of
the ladder in fresh piles of cow manure!!!!Then he went to climb the
ladder...the ladder slipped and he fell off and hurt himself...he sued
because he felt the manufacturer should have warned about setting the ladder
up in fresh cow manure!!!!!!!I think he won....
what in the world has happened to common sense!!!
----- Original Message -----
From: <Kenzie_Kelly@spc.com>
To: <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 12:22 PM
Subject: RC: Re: The Posse Ride (From the Ride Manager)


>
> My question is were the riders told that the finish line was a sticky
>      safety area, and that racing in was a bad idea at the ride meeting,
or
>      was it assumed the riders would know to take it easy due to the
>      previous year's accident?
>
>      I really have no reason to be commenting on this, newbie that I am,
>      and I'm just asking so don't take my head off.  I understand that
ride
>      management can't forsee every possible safety hazard - is that even
>      possible with horses?  :)  Just curious.
>
>      I'm also curious to hear the other sides of this story.  We've heard
>      eyewitness accounts, and now the ride manager's account.  I'd like to
>      hear from the riders involved, and Jim himself.  Just to get all
sides
>      of the story.
>
>      I assume that other options for a finish line being considered, and
>      the best possible solution used, points out that the ride manager was
>      concerned about the safety of his riders.
>
>      Kenzie & Zane (no rides yet, but learning big lessons about safety!)
>      Birmingham, AL
>      http://kenzie_k.tripod.com/zane.html
>
>
>
>
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