Sulky racing on public roads

Hitchens

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/pony-put-down-after-it-hit-car-in-sulky-race-30338921.html

The County Council had to remove the unfortunate pony after the ethnics fled the scene, as usual.

DrumSteve

But... its the culture?

Poxyshamrock

Sulkies should be fully banned. They're a complete nuisance and a danger to other road users.

Lapin

Hitchens wrote: »

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/pony-put-down-after-it-hit-car-in-sulky-race-30338921.html

The County Council had to remove the unfortunate pony after the ethnics fled the scene, as usual.

Ethnics ?

Ignorant scumbag cruel bastards who shouldn't be let near animals are the words I'd use.

Anyone who treats an animal like this is an absolute knacker in the most degrading form of the word, regardless of culture, background, race or ethnicity.

jimgoose

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Sulkies should be fully banned. They're a complete nuisance and a danger to other road users.

This. I cannot for the life of me understand how this sort of caper is tolerated on public roads.

Foxhound38

Is this incident the same cultural extraveganza that was commented on yesterday I wonder?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90742460

username123

jimgoose wrote: »

This. I cannot for the life of me understand how this sort of caper is tolerated on public roads.

Because any move to stop it will be spun as DISCRIMINATION by pavee points media spin doctors.

foggy_lad

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Is this incident the same cultural extraveganza that was commented on yesterday I wonder?

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=90742460

No, this is a separate incident involving a collision with a car.

Foxhound38

foggy_lad wrote: »

No, this is a separate incident involving a collision with a car.

2 incidents in one week - jaysus, could someone do something about this before someone gets killed?

I'm sick of one group in society that the rules just don't seem to apply to...

If I did this to a horse (and someone's car) I'd be found and locked up, and with good reason.

Mr_Red

Another Day, Another injustice to a poor animal.

All domestic animals should be Microchipped ( Depending on Size ) or Licensed ( Farm Animals )

Professey Chin

Poxyshamrock wrote: »

Sulkies should be fully banned. They're a complete nuisance and a danger to other road users.

And pedestrians. Seen them on the footpath plenty of times

fathead82

Those people should not be allowed to keep animals,loads of them around here racing around on their sulkies,the poor horses froathing at the mouth & sweating while they are made run a 9 mile ring on the hottest of days.

I bought a jack russell off them a few years ago,just to get her out of where she was.She was riddled with worms & fleas & had just had her tail cut off leaving bone exposed. She still wets the floor if you make a sudden movement around her.

The guards & animal welfare people seem to turn a blind eye to it,its a disgrace.

Arthur Beesley

The travellers, was it?

Hitchens

I hope RTE and TV3 show the aftermath of this with a report from their correspondent in the area, on the main news bulletins today.

Galwayguy35

No fear you will hear Vincent Browne mention anything like this whilst giving Martin Colins an easy interview.

Son Of A Vidic

Lapin wrote: »

Ethnics ?

Ignorant scumbag cruel bastards who shouldn't be let near animals are the words I'd use.

Anyone who treats an animal like this is an absolute knacker in the most degrading form of the word, regardless of culture, background, race or ethnicity.

Well said.

urabell

Should lock the perpetrators up and force them to sulky around an arena like Ben Hur

Aglomerado

urabell wrote: »

Should lock the perpetrators up and force them to sulky around an arena like Ben Hur

With them pulling the sulkies themselves, rather than the horses. And with scythes on the wheels.

eviltwin

Its disgraceful, should have been banned ages ago but who cares about animal rights when the travellers will shout discrimination at anyone who dares question their practices. :mad:

shopaholic01

The dying horse was just abandoned. Scumbags.

Renegade Mechanic

Why cant they. Just. Use. Cars... They dont pay road tax, they dont pay insurance, they dont do NCTs, and use green diesel like no other fuel exists. And of all the driving ones Ive known, three had bothered with a driving test or licences.


Driving, for members of the travelling community, aint exactly fukken expensive!!!:mad:

KOTSC

Before this latest incident happened; one of the sinn fein councillors in my area was saying on his facebook in the last week they would try to get sulky racing banned; i fully hope something will come from this and sulky racing is banned nationwide before any accidents occur involving people; on a final note a certain ultra left candidate who got very little votes in the southeast in the recent local elections was out in force on different facebook threads last night labeling anyone against sulky racing as racist and the failed ultra left candidate prob wonders why so few people would vote for em.

FearDark

If I did that to a horse I would fully expect to feel the full force of the law.
These absolute scrotes of society will continue to do this and continue to get away with it because they run from the scene and of course "nobody saw anything" as usual.

I have often come across this on main roads, cars and vans blocking the roads in both directions, driving on the wrong side of the road, putting everyone on the road at risk, not just the scumbags on these sulkies. Damaging property, breaking several traffic laws you or me would get bans for, cruelty to animals and being downright scum. I don't care what race or ethnicity you are, whether you live in a house or a caravan shouldn't matter, once you do that to an animal you should loose your rights and to claim you have a "right" to do so because of a certain "ethnicity" is crazy.

demanufactured

Filthy vermin the lot of them..

byhookorbycrook

Mr_Red wrote: »

Another Day, Another injustice to a poor animal.

All domestic animals should be Microchipped ( Depending on Size ) or Licensed ( Farm Animals )

Horses have to be chipped and have a passport. Bet those had neither.

KOTSC

I just logged onto pavee points facebook page and irish traveller movemene facebook page no mention whatsoever of this latest sulky racing incident; cant say Im surprised; yet when a newspaper writer writes an article thats critical of traveller culture; all their spokespersons are in force in the media crying racism and discrimination.

Muise...

I feel sorry for the driver too -having a shock like that (thankfully no injuries), then having to see the pony suffer as its "owners" legged it.

FearDark

Muise... wrote: »

I feel sorry for the driver too -having a shock like that (thankfully no injuries), then having to see the pony suffer as its "owners" legged it.

Yeah...and how does insurance work in that instance?

Muise...

FearDark wrote: »

Yeah...and how does insurance work in that instance?

No idea (I don't have a car) - but good question. If the racing is not illegal, and the hit and run wasn't with a vehicle...

I was thinking more of the upset of it - big fright then seeing a poor creature suffer.

shopaholic01

FearDark wrote: »

Yeah...and how does insurance work in that instance?

You probably have to claim off your own insurance, that's if you have fully comprehensive. Very unfair to have your premium affected by something like this.

Renegade Mechanic

shopaholic01 wrote: »

You probably have to claim off your own insurance, that's if you have fully comprehensive. Very unfair to have your premium affected by something like this.

Id imagine they wouldn't cover, myself. Youd have to go to the central insurance beurau (the one that everyone pays into) perhaps.