Horse on dual carriageway = smashed windscreen!

rev_henry

I would have thought that any proper horse owner not of the travelling community would have public liability insurance.
I also cannot imagine someone could lose a horse for very long...what have the police done with the horse exactly if they can't find an owner?!

worried_jim

I saw that trap racing on the dual carriage way on the news recently, it was a main road out of Dublin.

shaun_from_Africa

This is the Dublin incident.

http://www.google.co.uk/url?q=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DtZy-O3lFB38&sa=U&ei=VazlT5zSMceg2AXe9tzZCQ&ved=0CBIQtwIwAA&usg=AFQjCNFkUaExqLQRgMNL0eRR6vH35ARCpg

I don't know if the link is any good as I'm at work at the moment and Youtube can't be accessed through the LAN I'm using.

vaio

that looks more like the guards had a bet on one of the horses

spartacusthe1st

There was just the horse running loose no sign of the owner anywhere it was a big shire horse.hubby will ring police later to see if there is any news on the horses owner.
Yes the a frame/post had a dent in it it's not really bent.hopefully auto glass will b a le to advise if it is so bad they can't replace the windscreen?
It happened and the A419 between Cirencester and Swindon.

Sgt_Pepper_2

So there is only damage to the a pillar and windscreen, how did it miss the rest of the bodywork?

Notmyrealname

spartacusthe1st wrote: »

Ok I put this on another board and suggest I ask on here.

basically hubby crashed in to a horse on the dual carriageway luckily just got a cracked windscreen and a dent in the 'A frame'.

Will have to pay an excess of £75 to replace windscreen through auto glass.someone suggested going to the scrapyard and getting ur done there. Can I do this and is it safe?would they fit it etc?

Thanks!

Never get one fitted at a scrappies. Windscreens on modern cars form part of the structure and are load bearing. Fit it wrong and you affect the strength of the car.

wealdroam

vaio wrote: »

something as bizarre as this must have been mentioned on multiple reputable news web sites but I can't seem to find any.

Got any links?

Well here's a link...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2105291/Big-Fat-Gypsy-wedding-stars-prosecuted-C4-screens-illegal-horse-trap-race-public-road.html

but I'll leave you to decide whether it is a "reputable news web site" though.

Notmyrealname

vaio wrote: »

something as bizarre as this must have been mentioned on multiple reputable news web sites but I can't seem to find any.

Got any links?

Google Appleby Fair.

spartacusthe1st

I ave no clue how it missed the rest of the car!shire horses are massive!!must have just clipped it?but as some one said it must have been a really hard hit to damage the A post/pillar!