The_Finn
Well-Known Member
So, my town is beginning a crackdown on people who fail to yield to horses.
This would seem to be reasonable in any rural town, but my town is in the suburbs! However, like most New England towns, it used to be a rural farm town, 25 years ago! So of course we have a few small "farms" that are nothing more than glorified pumpkin-stands/empty fields that have a few horses.
This crackdown, however was caused by one asshat in particular. The asshat in question makes it a regular practice to take his horse out for a ride. He does this everyday, on one of the narrowest, windiest, busiest roads in town. Not only that but he only goes during morning rush hour. Then the asshat wonders why people tear past him, blast their horns at him, and shout obscenities at him.
So he has been regularly writing letters to the local papers and the police department to enforce decades-old laws for him. Now they're granting Mr Asshat's wish.
I'm having a hard time understanding why this guy was making such a fuss about these incidents when they could have just been avoided by staying off certain roads at certain times. I actually used to ride horses, and I never went on busy roads during rush hour. Hell I never was on any road for any real distance.
Just another case of people lacking common sense and making one big mess.
what town?