Our Aims

  1. Promote Safe Driving Practices:

    • Advocate for the "Pass Wide & Slow" message to all road users.

    • Raise awareness and educate the public on the importance of safe and respectful driving around horses, carriages, cyclists, walkers, and motorbikers to prevent accidents and ensure mutual safety.

  2. Coordinate Annual Awareness Events:

    • Organize and support the annual "Pass Wide & Slow" Awareness Ride/Drives to highlight the importance of road safety for vulnerable users.

  3. Encourage Video Recording:

    • Promote the use of video cameras by equestrians and other vulnerable road users to document encounters with dangerous driving. Reporting to their local police force

  4. Support and Advocacy:

    • Provide support to individuals or organizations working towards safer roads for all vulnerable road users.

    • Offer advice, suggestions, and recommendations to group members seeking assistance.

    • Support equestrians who have experienced dangerous driving incidents.

  5. Enhance Road Safety Regulations:

    • Advocate for stronger laws and regulations to protect horses, riders, and carriage drivers on the roads, aiming to move beyond current advisory guidelines.

    • Campaign for harsher penalties and general sentencing guidelines for dangerous driving behaviors that endanger vulnerable road users.

    • to get more police forces onboard with accurately recording statistics for horse related incidents on the roads

  6. Promote Incident Reporting:

    • Encourage the reporting of dangerous driving incidents to the Police, especially if there is video evidence.

    • Advise group members to log incidents to the BHS app and other relevant authorities to ensure proper action is taken.

Our Mission

At Pass Wide & Slow, our mission is to enhance road safety for equestrians. We are dedicated to promoting safe and respectful driving practices, advocating for stronger road safety regulations, and supporting those impacted by dangerous driving. Through education, awareness campaigns, and the coordination of annual events, we strive to create a safer and more considerate environment on the roads. We encourage the use of video recording to document unsafe behaviors to the police. Our goal is to create safer roads, so horse owners feel protected with the increase of vehicle users on the roads, and the decrease of off road riding.