THIS is the bizarre moment a raging motorist hurls a tirade of abuse at a woman for riding her horse through a countryside village.
The incident happened after a driver spotted the horserider in Kemerton, Worcestershire, in November.
It remains unclear what caused the argument but video shot by the woman on horse back shows the driver launching a furious rant at her before she offers him a few choice words of her own.
After the argument kicked off, the motorist became aggressive and began shouting abuse.
Standing at the open door of his car, with a ginger Labrador on the passenger seat, the driver starts demanding that the woman “get that horse out the way now.”
The woman stands up for herself, telling the driver: “I’m not in the way of your car, I’m here, there’s plenty of room.”
The driver refuses to relent though and begins demanding the woman “f**k off” before threatening to get “some people down here.”
When the horserider still stands her ground the driver makes an attempt to grab her phone from her hand, prompting her to call him a “f***ing a****le.”
She begins ordering the motorist to get in his car and “f**k off” but he refuses.
The pair reach a stalemate as he continues to refuse to leave and orders the horserider to move off.
Both give no ground and the argument continues with neither admitting they are in the wrong.
The woman on horseback begins questioning the driver, rhetorically demanding “you live in the countryside and you hate countryside activities?”
She proceeds to throw some insults of her own at the belligerent driver, branding him a “f***ing chav that doesn’t like countryside activities.”
As the argument continues another car appears, travelling in the opposite direction.
The furious driver stops arguing for a moment and yells “sorry” to the other motorist before swaggering off to explain the situation to them.
As he does the horserider accuses him of blocking the road and keeps up her verbal barrage.
She tells the other driver that “he is a horrible, horrible man” as she vents her anger.
The motorist starts demanding that the woman puts her phone down and stops filming him.
He continues on to tell her that it doesn’t matter what his name is when she questions who he is.
Bizarrely, he proceeds to claim the woman threatened him with her horse before pulling his own phone from his pocket and calling the cops.
Before he dials 999 he demands the woman “put your f****ing phone away now ’cause you won’t get ’em back.”
In response the horserider accuses him of suffering from “small d**k syndrome.”
Furious now, the driver charges her and tries again to grab her phone from her hand.
The argument devolves into swearing and shouting as two members of the public walk past.
In a hilarious move to justify his road rage the driver accuses the horse and the rider of “s***ing all over the village.”
He continues: “You don’t live round here, f**k off on your own doorstep and s**t.”
The woman begins demanding to know where he lives accusing him of looking like he’s from “the f***ing town.”
He keeps berating the woman for “s***ing everywhere” before she turns around and warns him.
The furious horserider shouts: “If my horse s***s now I’m going to pick it up and throw it in your car, how would you like that?”
Eventually relenting in the face of the threat the driver gets back into his car and speeds off as the video comes to an end.
The footage was shared by the horserider on social media as she warned others to avoid the man.
The Highway Code for horse riders
- If you are an inexperienced horse rider or have not ridden for a while, you should consider taking the Ride Safe Award from the British Horse Society to provide a foundation of knowledge.
- Road users should pass horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles at speeds under 10 mph.
- When passing horse riders and horse-drawn vehicles road users should allow at least 2 metres of space.
- Motorists should be patient and not sound their horn or rev their engine.
- Road users should not pass a horse on their left as horses can be startled if passed without warning.
- Road users should always be prepared to slow down and stop when necessary.
- Feral or semi-feral ponies found in areas such as the New Forest, Exmoor and Dartmoor require the same consideration as ridden horses when approaching or passing.
- Horse riders are often children, so take extra care and remember riders may ride in double file when escorting a young or inexperienced horse or rider.
- Look out for horse riders’ signals and heed a request to slow down or stop. Take great care and treat all horses as a potential hazard.
