Friday, October 16, 2009

Darwin award winning drivers

This video is not for the faint (feint?) of heart -- I don't know the outcome of this incident, it can't have been very good. Consider yourself warned. I'm sharing it because I think it's instructive -- these drivers are doing the equivalent of feeding grizzlies at Yellowstone. Horses are UNPREDICTABLE. It toasts me when I see video of people taking chances with horses -- sitting on them backwards, holding infants, etc.


12 comments:

  1. Holy. Crap.

    My heart is still stuttering from that. That poor, poor horse.....

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  2. I remember when this was in the news. I want to say this was somewhere in Europe, though that may be wrong. I do, however, remember that neither the horse nor the people in the car were seriously injured - what a miracle!

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  3. I saw this on Good Morning America. I think this happened in Isreal and according to Chris Cuomo no one was hurt and the horse just had very minor scratches. Truly a miracle.

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  4. Poor horse. Looks like that car didn't fare to well either. Scary stuff.

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  5. I'm always amazed at how clueless people are about animals. Even if you didn't know much about horses, wouldn't you still think to be more careful? I don't know anything about camels, but if a bunch of them were running along the road with me, I'd be worried that they might panic and run into me, so I'd slow down …

    I wonder who would, legally, be considered to be at fault here.

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  6. OMG! people never cease to amaze me in their absolute idiocy. I see it time and time again. Glad to hear the horse came out okay.

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  7. I feel relieved to read the comment from the person who said she recalls that neither the horse nor the people in the car were injured.

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  8. I meant to say "seriously" injured.

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  9. I think that happened in Isreal and no one was hurt. That includes the horse, of course. However, I could be wrong as I get mixed up sometimes. About the location. I'm pretty sure that the horse wasn't hurt.

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  10. Wow, this is some crazy stuff. I can't believe there were no lives lost. Nuts.

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  11. Bothers me how the car is following the horses while taping. They should have been able realize that wasn't a good idea, even if they are unfamiliar with horses. Too caught up in the "romance" of running horses I suppose to think "Hey they are running on a highway." Were they paying enough attention to the road themselves?

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