Re: [RC] road riding- crazy drivers/ crazy rider :) - Mary Ann Spencer
I prefer to ride facing the traffic so I can see
the approaching vehicles, and so can the horse. I figure as we are on
'foot' and not motorized, that we need to ride the same as if the human was
walking. I don't really know the actual law in TX. Does this also
mean we have to know the law in every state we ride???
This
is amazing to me. After contacting the Colorado State Patrol and getting
the response from a State Patrol Officer that horses must ride on the
right, I asked for the statute, this is what they sent me. > Dear Mr.
Winter, > Under Colorado State Law: 42-4-1-9. Motorized bicycles,
animals, skies, > skates, and toy vehicles on highways. > (8)
Persons riding or leading animals on or along any highway shall ride
or > lead such animals on the left side of said highway, facing
approaching > traffic. This shall not apply to persons driving herds
of animals along > highways. > Definition of "Highway" means
the entire width between the boundary lines of > every way publicly
maintained when any part thereof is open to the use of the > public
for purposes of vehicular travel or the entire width of every way >
declared to be a public high way by any law of this state. This DOES
merit some further investigation here locally and nationally. What would
happen if you were hit by a car while riding and the driver was injured.
You could be at fault if you were not following the law. Ignorance of the
law is not an excuse and it seems even officers are ignorant of this law.
Would someone else please investigate this where
they live. Randy
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