Re: Re: Re: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???

["GESA BRINKS" <gesaeqfx@pe.net>]

How about slowing up and safely going around the truck.  They had to be able
to see the truck  if they were able to look for a route around it.  Im sure
that there were other people in the area  that the riders could see too.  Im
sorry , I love my horse and mule and I am a fierce competitor,  but I would
not risk my animals and my safety blindly dodging around a vehicle not
knowing what is on the other side of it.  Yes, I may have lost the race in
by slowing down to "check it out"  but I sure as hell wouldnt have gone past
people at that rate of speed and expect them to be able to get out of my
way.  I wasnt there so I cant speak for the others,  I just know that I do
watch where Im going when I ride.    gesa n clovis
-----Original Message-----
From: Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>
To: AERC <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 1999 8:21 AM
Subject: RC: Re: Re: Accident at ride this weekend in Montana...???


>Gesa wrote:  " The riders used bad judgment and unfortunately someone
>had to suffer for it"
>
>What was their bad judgment?  Going to an endurance ride and expecting
>to be able to compete to the fullest?  No one has said these people were
>over-riding their horses, these aren't CTRs where speed is limited.  The
>truck was in the way and they were forced off course.  They headed to an
>apparently open area.  I just don't see that the riders' judgment is any
>issue at all.  Lif
>
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