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3 August 2020
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Bat Walk!Friday 8th October Meet us at Meltham Pleasure Grounds playground at 6.45 for a family friendly walk! ... See MoreSee Less

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Meltham - Walkers are Welcome

5 days ago

Our monthly meeting took an interesting turn last night… we held the meeting face to face in our garden which made a lovely change from Zoom! Then we got a bit distracted.. here’s Chesh and Brian discussing Jupiter and Saturn! 🪐 ... See MoreSee Less

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6 days ago

Wondering how the BHS Safety Team has been keeping equestrians and carriage drivers safe on the roads this year❓ This is a long post but worth reading 🙂 Our Dead Slow campaign has been assisting the Department for Transport (DfT), Road Safety Partnerships, Driving Instructors, Road Safety Professionals and Police forces across the UK to influence and educate driver behaviour when passing horses too close or too fast on the road. Thanks to a grant from the DfT, we have been able to examine incidents on the roads involving horses and vehicles resulting in a report due to be published soon with recommendations. The British Horse Society has been an important part of the Highway Code Review Stakeholders Group, for vulnerable road users and it is hoped that our proposals will be adopted by the DfT in the new Highway Code, due to be presented in parliament by the end of the year. Key work that we do: • Collaborate with road safety professionals, the police, local authorities and driving instructors to involve, guide and inform all drivers how to pass horses safely on our roads. • Collate incidents reported via the 'Horse i App' and on the website so we can monitor ‘hot spots’, using stats to influence local authorities and road safety partnerships to make our roads safer for equestrians. • Promote our 4 key messages to drivers via our Dead Slow campaign. ( Read more about Dead Slow here: www.bhs.org.uk/our-work/safety/dead-slow ) Our partners include the MSA GB (Motor Schools Association) and Driving Instructors Association (@drivinginstructorsassociation), The Approved Driving Instructors National Joint Council - ADINJC IAM RoadSmart and RoSPA (@rospa)• Work with local authorities and police casualty reduction units to place educational and warning signs in areas where there have been a high number of near misses or collisions involving horses. • Partner with Police Traffic units to hold ‘close pass’ operations with plain clothes police/horses and Traffic units in educational and enforcement operations. • Deliver Dead Slow training packages with driver trainers for large commercial transport companies to educate drivers how to pass horses safely. John Lewis & Partners XPO Logistics, Inc. DHL Morrisons Ocado Jack Richards & Son Travis Perkins • Deliver Dead Slow presentations to young drivers in schools and colleges. Deliver Henry the Horse to Schools to inform 9/10 year olds how to walk or cycle safely passed horses, and what they can say, when passengers in a car, to drivers when they see a horse on the road. • You may also have seen us at motor shows across the UK such as Isle of Man TT, Goodwood Festival of Speed and Goodwood Revival, as well as the national driving instructors conferences and at schools and sixth form colleges, highlighting to young drivers the importance of passing horses safely. • Thanks to grants from organisations such as Road Safety GB (Road Safety Trust) and Warwickshire PCC (Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner) we have worked on educational films and interactive games to help educate young drivers and influence perceptions about all vulnerable road users. • Support the Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency and NDORS to produce information for Speed Awareness Courses and equine related questions on the Hazard Perception and Theory Tests. Our work is continually ongoing. You can help us tackle equestrian road incidents by downloading the 'Horse i' mobile app that lets you report an incident to us there and then.The information gathered is used to approach authorities to help tackle dangerous hot-spots for equestrian road users.Download 'Horse i' today👉 www.bhs.org.uk/our-charity/press-centre/news/2021/march/new-safety-app-horse-i ... See MoreSee Less

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Meltham - Walkers are Welcome

1 week ago

The rain stopped just in time and we had blue skies and sunshine for our walk and talk today! Thanks to Stephen for an interesting and informative journey through Meltham’s heritage. Everyone really enjoyed it! ... See MoreSee Less

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