A driver has been slammed after they were caught on video driving dangerously close to a horse rider at high speed.
Rider Aimee Hussey posted the footage from her helmet cam after the motorist, travelling well over the 40mph speed limit in a red Nissan, past just inches away from her and 20-year-old mount Jak.
The 24-year-old has just joined the road from a bridle path next to Bury and Rochdale Old Road, close to Bury's Fairfield Hospital, when the shocking incident took place.
Aimee informed police and has made the video available to them should they choose to prosecute the driver, Manchester Evening News reports.
"The Highway Code states a driver should always pass a horse wide and slow," she said in a social media post.
"You should slow down to 10mph and give at least two metres of space. The road I am riding on here is a 40mph road. As you can see the first car passed correctly, a few seconds later the second car didn’t even bother to slow down!
"As a horse rider I know how quickly horses can get spooked and best believe it they jump sideways, forwards and backwards before you have time to step on your brakes!
"It only adds a few seconds onto your journey to be courteous so please slow down just a little!"
Today, she told the Manchester Evening News: "What that driver doesn't realise is that his or her recklessness could kill them as well as us.
"If a horse ends up on your windscreen when you're driving at that speed, there's not going to be good outcome."
Aimee has been riding horses since she was five years old and has show jumped with Jak until he 'retired'.
"Now I just hack him around," she said. "Which is lovely for us. When I first bought he was quite nervous, but I've trained him myself so thankfully he's usually OK in traffic."
In the wake of Aimee's post, scores of Facebook users have put up comments in support of her.
One said: "Horses will be on the roads until it is made illegal not to be whether people like it or not. My horse was hit by a speeding car not so long back, it takes a few seconds to slow down and pass wide, horse riders really do appreciate that, and it's best for everyone's safety.
"Also, the majority of horse riders give way to other road users where we can so please just have basic respect so we can all share the roads safely, surely it's not that hard to do."
Another said: "I always drive with care when passing horses, and give way to them turning right often holding up traffic behind me as they turn. They were here before us motorists. A bit of mutual respect goes a long way."
And one added: "I'm sure it was on the news about two weeks ago they have changed the rules for pedestrians and horse rider I suggest people read the highway code before you get charged with an offence."
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