|
|
Post by beckieeckierocky on Apr 5, 2012 19:27:39 GMT
okayy.. so i was out for tea this evening with my mum and 3mnth old baby and in the car park of the pub was a woman on a sec a with a riding hat on and a little girl ( around 18th month old) on a shetland sat in a basket strapped in with out a hat!!! the pub was on a main road which the sec a did not like! the girl was riding the pony and leading the shetland! withg me having horses myself you no you can never trust a horse 100% ! so i asked the manager to have a word with her.. ( i was not the only one who was unhappy about seeing the little girl with out a hat!.. when the manager went out she basically told her to mind her own buisness!!! that pony only had to bronk and the little girl would of been seriously hurt! .. however it turned out that she had taken her kids to the chippy and her son was in the chippy gettin the tea so she thought she would ride around the car park.. when the son arrived back the woman got off the pony still with her ridng hat on and started walking towards the main road.... you would of thought that she would of put her hat on the little girl! but no...
just needed to have a rant about it on here as i was utterly mortified!
|
|
|
|
Post by Sasha on Apr 5, 2012 21:29:08 GMT
There's all kinds out there! It's great how police can stop and fine if they see a child without booster seat in a car but nothing said about child with no hat on a pony? Crazy world we live in
|
|
|
|
Post by AM on Apr 6, 2012 10:30:52 GMT
I totally agree with you on the fact that was dangerous and shouldn't have been allowed! Especially not on the road.
But (and I don't have kids so have no experience of 18 months old toddlers so I stand to be corrected), I doubt that you would get a helmet small enough to fit one. If a helmet is too big it is next to useless, and verging on more dangerous. Plus, would a child of that age be able to support the weight of a helmet? It's quite an extra weight and strain on the neck.
IMO, if a child of that age must be on a horse, there should be an adult on the ground at all times incase something does go wrong. Ideally a helmet should be essential, I'm just not convinced you'd be able to find one.
|
|
|
|
Post by B_31 on Apr 6, 2012 10:53:01 GMT
AM - they do tiny hats nowadays - even a bike hat would be better than nothing!!! (and you can get them!)
but its not really the point is it??? stupid thing for the person to do with a child!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by madrider on Apr 6, 2012 11:07:20 GMT
they do hats small enough i have them for my son
|
|
|
|
Post by nici on Apr 7, 2012 10:44:03 GMT
Cerys had her first riding hat when she was about 13 months old, so they definitely do make them that small. I remember reading recently that it is against the law for children to ride on roads without hats. But when she was 'riding' her pony at that age Cerys always had one person leading from the ground and another walking alongside her ready to grab her in an emergency. And if the section a pony didn't like the traffic on the main road, why on earth was her son, presumably also quite young, riding it on the road
|
|
|
|
Post by starsandstripes on Apr 7, 2012 12:14:23 GMT
nici - where did you buy Cerys's first hat from? I'm after a little one!
|
|
|
|
Post by Sasha on Apr 7, 2012 14:25:50 GMT
I ordered a triple zero skull cap from derby house when my daughter was tiny, it was really light weight, and she picked a ridiculous cover for it  |
|
|
|
Post by nici on Apr 7, 2012 22:10:37 GMT
I bought it from a tack shop in Liverpool, which has since closed down. I think it was either a double or triple 000, certainly a skull rather than a velvet. I would think any decent tack shop with hat sitters should be able to help.
|
|
|
|
Post by honeypot on Apr 7, 2012 23:28:33 GMT
'The Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Act 1990 requires children under 14 years old to wear protective helmets when riding a horse on the road. It is the responsibility of the parent, guardian, horse owner or person who has custody of the horse immediately before a child rides it, or an employer of a child, to ensure that the child is wearing an approved helmet when riding on the road. Children of the Sikh religion are exempted while they are wearing a turban.
The Horses (Protective Headgear for Young Riders) Regulations 1992 define approved helmets as ones which conform to one of the following: BS 6473:1984, BS 6473:1987, BS 4472: 1988 or BS 6863:1989 (for pedal cyclist helmets) or to a standard that provides an equivalent level of safety. However, BS 6473 and BS 4472 have been withdrawn and are no longer in use.'
Also the Socail services would not be very happy, fortuately it all our business and it comes under child protection and she wouldn't even have to be on the road for it to be classed as neglect.
|
|
|
|
Post by Ziggy on Apr 9, 2012 9:24:52 GMT
People put that little emphasis on thier childs safety, beyond me!!!!!
|
|
|
|
Post by snapdragons on Apr 11, 2012 15:37:00 GMT
We had the smallest charles owen skull cap for william when he was 11 months old,the tack shop put some extra padding in to make it really comfy for a babies head.I still have the hat and will get it ree padded when jack needs it. I dont let children handle there hats much so i know they are not bumped or dropped.  It makes me so cross to see adults who have such little regard foe their childrens saftey,accidents happen all the time and to not have them as proctected as possiby is just totally brainless  |
|
|
|
Post by flee on Apr 11, 2012 17:03:09 GMT
One of my neighbours goes to work on his bike and drops his daughter off at a nursery 4 miles away .Dad wears a state of the art cycling helmet and 12 month old daghter , strapped in her flimsy plastic baby seat , is totally bare headed .
Every morning I see that fragile little skull sailing off into the rush hour traffic and it makes me feel sick every time .
|
|
|
|
Post by nia2311 on Apr 11, 2012 17:41:29 GMT
One of my neighbours goes to work on his bike and drops his daughter off at a nursery 4 miles away .Dad wears a state of the art cycling helmet and 12 month old daghter , strapped in her flimsy plastic baby seat , is totally bare headed . Every morning I see that fragile little skull sailing off into the rush hour traffic and it makes me feel sick every time . I have to say I would be saying something Flee. I can't stand seeing this sort of thing |
|
|
|
Post by flee on Apr 11, 2012 19:26:55 GMT
Have tried - offered him a little skull cap - but offer refused and in return I got a long lecture on the size of my carbon foot print ( a horsebox AND a car !) .Sanctamonious g*t ! i can't even hope he falls of his bl**dy bike !!!
|
|
It makes me so cross to see adults who have such little regard foe their childrens saftey,accidents happen all the time and to not have them as proctected as possiby is just totally brainless 
