[RC] people safety vs horse safety vs rest stops vs truck stops - Mary Ann Spencer
1. There is inherant danger working with
horses.
2. There is danger driving any vehicle.
3. Combine the two and it all goes up
exponentially.
4. Safety is something to be practiced
EVERYWHERE.
5. This thread started as safety for horses,
not humans.
6. Rest stops I have been resting at have
security nowadays-as compared to I-5 back in the 60s.
7. If one is a female traveling alone, one
has to be more aware of one's surrounding. A few yrs back there was heavy
discussion on ridecamp about carrying a weapon.
8. Follow your own instincts if you have
them, some people just don't, and if it is scarry then there may be a good
reason. Guess I am not so worried about my safety as I am not a
young female. I don't get any 'glances'.
9. I personally find truck stops extremely
noisey and more so than the rest stops. one can be attacked at the mall as
well as anywhere else. This is the luck of the draw.
10. We all take chances, so need to calculate
the risk factors.
11. I never HAD to shoot my weapon in Iraq
but would if I had to. Same holds for here in USA.
"We pays our money and takes our
chances!" My father used to say that a lot and it is pretty
true.
Object of our equestrian life game is to keep the
cards in our favor. We don't know the our future but can learn from
our past and other's mistakes.. hence the written word.
