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What does "Yield to horses" mean?
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Karl from Kansas City on 12/12/2005 11:53:58 AM:
I have seen much discussion on having to yield to horses on some parts of the trail. What exactly does yield mean, from both the cyclists and horseowners point of view? Stop bike and get off? Exit the trail completely? Go slow?
 
Trek Biker from St. Joseph, MO on 12/13/2005 1:22:14 PM:
By definition.....and I would think it would apply here....to yield means to give the right of way to. Horses have the right of passage...bikes do not. If that requires you stop...get off....exit the trail....go slow....then do so in order that the horses have been given the right to be on their merry way. I've been on psycho horses that would need the whole trail to pass because they just couldn't get past the idea that a bike had an orange flag on it. Other horses could pass thousands of flags and never flinch. Read the situation and allow ample room for the horse(s) to pass....yield.
 
The Dalton Boys from Austin, TX/Columbia, MO. on 12/13/2005 4:09:21 PM:
At the State Natural Area I mentioned earlier in a like thread I didn't elaborate...my apologies. In Texas yielding means stopping, if one needs to get off of the trail then one does, but completely stopping is the base line. Yup, 99 out of a hundred horses may not flinch, its that 100th that's a little twitchy that can cause an issue. The trails in Banderas State Natural Area are plenty wide for one to just stop and leave plenty enough room for the horse to pass by. Enjoy the voyage.......Mark of the Dalton Boys
 
Karl from Kansas City on 12/14/2005 11:27:10 AM:
Not trying to be a stickler, but how far away should the biker stop?
 
Trek Biker from St. Joseph, MO on 12/14/2005 3:34:41 PM:
When you see the horse go up on it's hind legs....front feet pawing in the air......you've gone too far.
 
The Dalton Boys from Austin, TX/Columbia, MO. on 12/14/2005 3:52:29 PM:
As Elmer Fudd would say "...stay vehwey, vehwey still." Enjoy the voyage....Mark of the Dalton Boys
 
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