Horse Safety Along Avondale Road
Road noise doesn’t just affect humans - it also can cause distress in our animals. One of the Citizens for A Better Avondale was collecting signatures for a petition and had the following discussion regarding horse safety.
Last week two ladies signed one of my petitions at the Safeway Starbucks. They were really upset with the condition of Avondale. They told me that when they trailer their horses North or South on Avondale the Horses go crazy, kicking and jumping and causing damage to the inside of the trailer. When the horses are off loaded at the Tolt Pipe Line Trail it takes a while to calm them down. It appears that the noise from our Avondale road is strongly magnified inside the wooden floor of most horse trailers. I’m sure the problem is not good for the horses, or for the horse trailers.
For horse lovers this is a serious “Safety Issue”.
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The first time I hauled my horse up Avondale, I pulled over near Cottage Lake Safeway thinking that I had serious problems with my trailer breaking system. Turned out there was nothing wrong with my system, it was the bad road! Once I hit better pavement, the ride changed drastically.
I have had riders ask me on several occasions to press the walk button for them because they find it dangerous to approach the loud road and heavy traffic with their horses until the traffic has been stopped.
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