{"id":1212,"date":"2014-05-22T07:03:09","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T07:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/?page_id=1212"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T17:29:11","slug":"safety-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/?page_id=1212","title":{"rendered":"Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>BHS ADVICE<\/strong> &#8211; The criteria for reporting incidents:<\/p>\n<p>What is an incident?<\/p>\n<p>An incident is classed as an unplanned event that has resulted in a human or horse feeling unsafe (e.g. road rage), or that has the potential to cause injury (a near miss), or that has already caused injury. Equestrians can report problems with:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a road\/off-road user<\/li>\n<li>dogs<\/li>\n<li>slippery road surfaces<\/li>\n<li>low flying aircraft or nuisance drones<\/li>\n<li>fireworks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You should\u00a0 report any of the above\u00a0 incidents to the BHS via the online form on the BHS website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bhs.org.uk\/go-riding\/record-an-incident\/\">\u00a0https:\/\/www.bhs.org.uk\/go-riding\/record-an-incident\/<\/a> \u00a0or download the new free &#8216;<em>Horse i<\/em>\u00a0 <em>App&#8217;<\/em> :<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.BHS.Horsei&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;gl=US\">https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.BHS.Horsei&amp;hl=en_GB&amp;gl=US<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>BIRD SCARERS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/NFU-Bird-Scarer-Advice-for-Farmers.pdf\">NFU Bird Scarer Advice for Farmers<\/a> contains some useful information.\u00a0 It has a special section about use near rights of way and roads used by horses! It is often productive to be able to point out to a farmer that he\/she is not complying with his\/her own organisation&#8217;s advice when dealing with a problem.<\/p>\n<p>PROBLEMS FROM ABOVE<\/p>\n<p><b>Low Flying Army Chinook Helicopters\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Some of MSABG\u2019s area is regularly used for Army helicopter training including low flying techniques.<\/p>\n<p>The BHS suggest that, in addition to wearing hi visibility jackets when hacking, you may also help to avoid a potentially nasty accident occurring if you wear one when schooling your horse outdoors as well.<\/p>\n<p>You should contact the MOD to notify them of any incident. The MOD complaints and Enquiries Unit can be contacted on 0207 218 6020 or on line:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caa.co.uk\/Our-work\/Make-a-report-or-complaint\/Report-a-potential-breach-of-aviation-law\/\">https:\/\/www.caa.co.uk\/Our-work\/Make-a-report-or-complaint\/Report-a-potential-breach-of-aviation-law\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You should also report the incident to the BHS on\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.horseaccidents.org.uk\/\">www.horseaccidents.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WHOS&#8217; RIGHT OF WAY?<\/p>\n<p>Help to keep our countryside safe and unspoilt, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pathwatch.info\/rights-of-way\">Pathwatch<\/a>\u00a0is a site that shows who can use our public rights of way, and what to do if in doubt or if you feel threatened when out and about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BHS ADVICE &#8211; The criteria for reporting incidents: What is an incident? An incident is classed as an unplanned event that has resulted in a human or horse feeling unsafe (e.g. road rage), or that has the potential to cause &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/?page_id=1212\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":0,"parent":292,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"members-page.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1212"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1212"}],"version-history":[{"count":70,"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4503,"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1212\/revisions\/4503"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midsussexbridleways.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}