Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
Cos it was designed by a chief constable an approved by MOJ & ACPO. to try and cut down on number of injuries and deaths amongst Horse riders.
Cos it was designed by a chief constable an approved by MOJ & ACPO. to try and cut down on number of injuries and deaths amongst Horse riders.
Pikey
Dummy Ejection Facilitator..
suew
Well-Known Member
Seems this is the cause of the problem, certainly in West Yorkshire
http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/upload/33277/attachments/ACPO-letter.pdf
http://www.yourhorse.co.uk/upload/33277/attachments/ACPO-letter.pdf
tacr2man
Well-Known Member
If you were wearing said tabbard and a Pink helmet cover , and pink jodphurs , riding a small pony then police would be on a bit of a sticky wicket trying to prove "impersonating police" and cps would probably not run with it , more likely they would try and coerce you into complying with their wishes . However if you had black helmet with chequered band and black jodphurs with knee boots and riding a large hunter then it might be a bit different especially if you were trying to signal to traffic . What they want to get people to think they can enforce and what powers they actually have can be quite divergant at times !
For a start the guy who wrote the letter needs to reread S90 TPA 1996 as the first thing that needs to be proven is intent to decieve, also the police uniform part is not a simple as it first appears either
For a start the guy who wrote the letter needs to reread S90 TPA 1996 as the first thing that needs to be proven is intent to decieve, also the police uniform part is not a simple as it first appears either
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suew
Well-Known Member
Not really, there was an advertising standards case against equisafety and the "approval" or so I have read.
31 December, 2011
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a complaint against an advert by Equisafety that said its Polite range of high-visibility riding wear had been “police consulted”.
Equisafety told the ASA that the words “police consulted” were not meant to imply that the police had approved the product for use.
However, the company agreed to take the wording off future adverts.
Seem to have worried some companies, this one has withdrawn the chequered range and they dont even make the "polite" ones (I dont think anyway)
High visibility product rider, horse, pet - v-bandz.co.uk
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I'm all in favour of it. Anything that makes the arseholes slow down when you're riding a horse along the lanes is OK by me. Lots of horse riders wear them around here and I haven't heard of anyone being told they can't.
Silverlandy
3.5efi's other half
Polite Hi Viz is very effective but it aint cheap!
I think anything which helps with safety is good but Polite Hi Viz does make you look like a mounted police-bod. Not sure I like that
This is what I use...cheaper and sums its up really...
Equestrian Horse Riding Hi Viz Safety Hi Vis MOODY MARE | eBay
I think anything which helps with safety is good but Polite Hi Viz does make you look like a mounted police-bod. Not sure I like that
This is what I use...cheaper and sums its up really...
Equestrian Horse Riding Hi Viz Safety Hi Vis MOODY MARE | eBay
suew
Well-Known Member
When a young idiot comes flying round a bend in his hot hatch down a country lane and sees the hi vis and chequer pattern with POLITE in nice big letters across the back, the first thing he does is take his foot off the throttle and go for the brake. Brilliant! Far better than smashing into the back of a horse and injuring it to the extent it has to be shot, to say nothing of maiming or killing the rider. So what if he thinks he's seen a copper? I'd impersonate the Queen if it made me safer
