Spooked horse rider sues biker for £300,000
Paralysed horsewoman seeks compensation from uninsured provisional licence holder
A HORSE rider who was paralysed after her horse was spooked by a motorcyclist is seeking more than £300,000 in compensation.
Ms Shelley Brown, 46, of Hove is suing Ian Surry after an accident which occurred on 18 March 2006 in West Sussex.
Ms Brown states that the speed and the noise of the motorcycle ridden by Mr Surry caused her horse to bolt, resulting in serious spinal injuries. Ms Brown is now paralysed from the chest down.
Mr Surry only held a provisional licence and had no motorcycle insurance. From the High Court writ it appears he was riding negligently with no due care for other trail users and failed to respond to signals from the horse riders to slow down.
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agreed, but is jumping fences with a horse not a dangerous pass time in the first place? beside if the general public cant see that a person with no license or insurance is not a motorcyclist, then we are in trouble anyway, as this type of person is an idiot member of the general public who on that day decided to do somthing stupid on a motorbike instead of on a push bike/ in a car / pub etc etc etc
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 16:37
agreed, but is jumping fences with a horse not a dangerous pass time in the first place? beside if the general public cant see that a person with no license or insurance is not a motorcyclist, then we are in trouble anyway, as this type of person is an idiot member of the general public who on that day decided to do somthing stupid on a motorbike instead of on a push bike/ in a car / pub etc etc etc
But she wasn't doing that was she.....if you read it, the horse bolted and attempted to jump a fence throwing her off...
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 17:30
so, what if the guy was legal? surely the same thing would happen? then what? who do you blame?
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 18:14
That article is too vague to form an opinion either way on. It seems the 'uninsured for road use' and 'holding only a provisional licence' motorcyclist may not have actually been on the road at all but sharing a 'trail' with the horse and rider. I don't know the legalities of being allowed to do this but nowhere does it say that he was riding on the roads illegally. Also was her horse a very nervous horse? Did she therefore choose a relatively 'quiet trail' but knew there may be the occasional off road bike up and down there? If she lived local to the trail i'm guessing so. A hugely sad event to have happened but typical red-top, rage-inducing, sketchy article writing imo, and not one I feel is fair to form a firing squad on.
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 18:21
Good on her Mr Surry only held a provisional license and no insured on the roads with the motorcycle. From the High Court writ it appears that he was riding negligently with no due care for other trail users and failed to respond to signals from the horse riders to slow down. I'd like to see more Uninsured drivers getting their arses sued rather than just landing points and a fine. Maybe then the army of uninsured tossers out there might realise what they are insuring against. BTW, can Megalica cancel their Contract with the Indian Call Centre responsible for writing up the news feeds and start employing someone with a grasp of the English Language 
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 18:27
It's rare that insurers go back to a driver, but the NMIB will pursue to the ends of the earth for their money back, which can only be a good thing. As for the rider, he seems a twat for doing what he did and deserves all the shit he's about to face.
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 20:00
That article is too vague to form an opinion either way on. It seems the 'uninsured for road use' and 'holding only a provisional licence' motorcyclist may not have actually been on the road at all but sharing a 'trail' with the horse and rider. I don't know the legalities of being allowed to do this but nowhere does it say that he was riding on the roads illegally. Also was her horse a very nervous horse? Did she therefore choose a relatively 'quiet trail' but knew there may be the occasional off road bike up and down there? If she lived local to the trail i'm guessing so. A hugely sad event to have happened but typical red-top, rage-inducing, sketchy article writing imo, and not one I feel is fair to form a firing squad on.
although the article doesn't specify it is relevant to note that some trails/paths etc are Highways/roads in law and therefore you commit the exact same offences as you do on tarmac roads..
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 20:08
good on her.......there are too many wankers on the road that dont give horses the space they need
Theres also a lot of wankers on horses, my mother has a horse and uses it on the road, so I am not being biased, but there are some real wankers on horses.
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:15
good on her.......there are too many wankers on the road that dont give horses the space they need
Well said 
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:18
good on her.......there are too many wankers on the road that dont give horses the space they need
Theres also a lot of wankers on horses, my mother has a horse and uses it on the road, so I am not being biased, but there are some real wankers on horses.
our two...we only ride on the road if we really have too...and NEVER on main roads
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:21
good on her.......there are too many wankers on the road that dont give horses the space they need
Theres also a lot of wankers on horses, my mother has a horse and uses it on the road, so I am not being biased, but there are some real wankers on horses.
our two...we only ride on the road if we really have too...and NEVER on main roads
My mum has an apoluso ( not sure of spelling ), the horse is very good, she rides it on most roads it doesn't spook to bad with cars n bikes, I do get annoyed at some horse riders especially when a bike rider has toned down his throttle given the horse a wide berth and overtaken but yet the rider still feels the need to lean over and hit the biker with a crop.
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:39
My mum has an apoluso ( not sure of spelling ), the horse is very good, she rides it on most roads it doesn't spook to bad with cars n bikes, I do get annoyed at some horse riders especially when a bike rider has toned down his throttle given the horse a wide berth and overtaken but yet the rider still feels the need to lean over and hit the biker with a crop.
If anyone, horse rider or not tried to hit me with a stick, then they'd either get twatted (bloke) or a visit from plod (female). My wife's got 2 horses and reckons that bike riders are the most polite road users out of all, with the exception of the cnut who popped a wheelie and freaked Rummy out while riding past. And he's fcuked if I ever catch him.
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:46
some cunts horse keeps shittign outside our house, why is it not law like it is for dogs to pick it up if i catch them lettign the fucking thing do it, i will return a shit to them other than that i have no problems with horses
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:55
^ HAHA Agreed though . gonna shit on there drive tim ?  .
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 21:58
^ HAHA Agreed though . gonna shit on there drive tim ? .
i promise they will have a nasty shit revisited to them, not nice when you have two inquisitive children of 7 & 5
i will follow them and turd their property
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:00
lmao ! . can i join in , im a right good shitter .
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:04
FBT - as horses are vegetarian their manure doesn't pose the same health risks as meat eating animals. All the stuff from our stables goes to a local garden centre, who pay top dollar for it
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:12
FBT - as horses are vegetarian their manure doesn't pose the same health risks as meat eating animals. All the stuff from our stables goes to a local garden centre, who pay top dollar for it
One of the lads I work with is a veggie and his dumps definitely pose a health risk for anyone following him into the traps when he has let one go
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:18
my dog doesnt eat meat though , it eats dog buscuits . i guess that means i could sell my dog shit ? and let the dog shit on the ground and not have to pick it up ?
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:18
My mum has an apoluso ( not sure of spelling ), the horse is very good, she rides it on most roads it doesn't spook to bad with cars n bikes, I do get annoyed at some horse riders especially when a bike rider has toned down his throttle given the horse a wide berth and overtaken but yet the rider still feels the need to lean over and hit the biker with a crop.
LOL, that's hilarious! I've never done that and have always thanked bikes for slowing down and can't remember a single one that has ever not slowed down.
Car drivers however.... a mini was coming at us really fast - I waved my crop into the road and saw the OLD woman with her purple rinse actually DUCK inside her car as she floored it past us! Horse riders who don't thank drivers/bikers for slowing down are a problem though - I'd hate to be tarred with the brush as those arrogant ignorant tossers. Now - anyone riding in Cheshire that encounters a white pony with me on it - do you want a good spanking with my whip or not?
Posted: 11/05/2009 at 22:45
Now - anyone riding in Cheshire that encounters a white pony with me on it - do you want a good spanking with my whip or not?
There's no such thing as a good spanking. Spankings are all bad, although Mrs M disagrees with me.
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 09:37
Pony spankers or not - Let us not forget that a woman has been paralysed by this incident and whether or not this gimp had insurance she won't get use of her legs back. If this happened to one of our loved ones - we'd be devastated. As to horse shit: it is a menace and I always have my 'man' scrape-up after me.... Wouldn't like some ruffian on a motorised bicycle suing me - Heck it could cost me a year's supply of truffles! Stephen R
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 18:23
More info here http://www.theargus.co.uk/news/4306808.Disabled_Hove_horse_rider_sues_for___300k/ Note that the accident happened in march 2006 ! It sounds like she _was_ sensible, which is not a foregone conclusion with horse riders, and he was a complete cnut, which is expected by most people of bikers now. Most of us who ride motorbikes, pushbikes or horses are sympathetic to each other, and its generally the boxes, especially those with 4wd that are the enemy. Well, that's our experience with all of the above, anyway. As someone pretty-much said in an early post, some people will cause an accident whatever they are not-in-control of. We all need to react immediately to dangerous driving asap so less of the 'drivers' think its ok. My very best wishes to ms. shelley brown.
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 18:32
Phil_h Can't argue with anything you have said and I'm sure despite the infamous 'Visordown' humour most would extend their best wishes to Ms. Brown. March 2006 must feel like yesterday to her. As to the bike rider: I hope he's learned something from this: If it looks like a horse, smells like a horse and sh*ts like a horse -it is a horse!! Slow down and give it some space and take the moral high ground... I ate a horse once - It wasn't whilst riding my bike. Stephen R
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 19:04
Sorry she got injured  But what the hell was she thinking taking any easliy spooked horse out on the road? ... Compensation ??????
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 22:27
Sorry she got injured But what the hell was she thinking taking any easliy spooked horse out on the road? ... Compensation ??????
You obviously haven't read the full article before posting.
Posted: 12/05/2009 at 22:56
Good luck to her and lock th cnut up,lock all uninsured rider/drivers up most of them are on smack/crack and dont give a fook anyway,kenny everitt had it right, round em all up and put em on an island and blow em up yeah!
Posted: 13/05/2009 at 02:25
im 16, and i go to see my best mate at the weekends, he lives down in a little village with narrow roads, and i came across 2 young horse riders and i would say no older than 14, the 1st horse i passed was absolutely fine, and then the econd horse about 50 metres down the road from me was already spooked, my bike was loudish but nothing outrageous,and it was on its hind legs and wondered out in to the middle of the road sideways, so i had to stopright in the middle of the road, but who the hell lets 2 young girls go out on the road? and there is a few cars that do go up that road.in my opinion, they should stick to bridle ways and fields, but for the twat who didnt have any insurance, he gets what he deserves, he could have hit a young kid or something, what would have happened then?
Posted: 13/05/2009 at 12:24
The bigger picture suggests to me that fewer trails will be open to off road riders in the very near future. Stories like this appearing in the media will plant that image of off-road riders being inconsiderate yobs to the public, and will make even more restrictive legislation against trails riders easier to push through. Just a thought.
Posted: 13/05/2009 at 12:31
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