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Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue May 21, 2013 9:28 pm

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... ation.html
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Post by turbo-tom » Tue May 21, 2013 9:30 pm

Yep that was about 4 miles from my house
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Post by dazerede » Tue May 21, 2013 9:31 pm

:shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: hope they are alright

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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by Edweird » Tue May 21, 2013 9:34 pm

Shit, there isn't a lot left of it
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by ScottieJ » Tue May 21, 2013 10:12 pm

No sympathy from me, the twats shouldn't have been on a bridleway in the first place :argh:

Thankfully they now have no vehicle to drive illegally in, it's people like that who get our legal routes closed.
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by dan_2k_uk » Tue May 21, 2013 10:16 pm

On the subject, when I was out on Saturday there were 2 knobs hooning round the Ogbourne area in a standard vit. No exhaust, lights, or number plates!!

Ripped out of a joining byway at about 50mph and nearly hit me!

If I could have caught the pricks I would have given them a piece of my mind.
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by Jordi » Tue May 21, 2013 11:23 pm

If it's not a legal right of way for a motor vehicle i have no sympathy. It's people driving byways and footpaths that ruin it for the rest of us!
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by twiss » Wed May 22, 2013 9:04 am

Ouch! Looks like that hurt a bit! For starters, its not actually a bridleway... its a restricted byway up there haha

I think I know the bit he fell off, used to drive down there years ago when it was actually a byway!
To be fair, WSCC didn't really do a bang up job of changing it from a byway to a restricted byway.

They did no notification, and all they did was paint the red byway signpost arrows a slightly darker red to show its a restricted byway!

Of course its his fault for not making sure, just be careful not to tar everyone with the same brush! When I was starting out laning I didn't realise they had changed it until the farmer told me!
At which point... I went back the other way and didn't go up there again!

I'm not saying he was right, just that news articles don't always explain the whole story ;)
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by timwilks13 » Wed May 22, 2013 9:12 am

I would love to be a fireman just for all the spare car parts you could do off with in such situations. Save someones life, and make £30 for selling landy roof....win.
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Re: Don't drive on bridleways!

Post by turbo-tom » Wed May 22, 2013 7:04 pm

timwilks13 wrote:I would love to be a fireman just for all the spare car parts you could do off with in such situations. Save someones life, and make £30 for selling landy roof....win.
:lol: :lol: unfortuantley you cant do that but it would be good if you could. i know my local breakers yard gets alot of accident damage vehicles and you see loads of parts that you could want but they land up straight in the crusher!.
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