Amend the Highway Code to incorporate Horse Riders'/handlers' hand signals
Add a photographic page of horse riders' hand signals used while on the road to clarify urgently for safety reasons what is referred to in 2 sections of the Highway Code, namely section 215 & the one on Signals to other Road users, so that they align with what is taught to horse riders.
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- 08 JUN 2026Petition opened for signaturesCreated by Kelly Westgate
Background
Horse Riders are taught an extended arm moving up and down as a request for vehicle drivers to slow down. Section 215 of the Highway Code clearly states 'Look out for horse riders’ and horse drivers’ signals and heed a request to slow down or stop'. Yet the Highway code does not show what this signal is, and to confuse matters has explained elsewhere, in a photograph of a motorcyclist, that it means the horse rider is slowing down. Consistency is needed in the Highway Code and we believe the current advice could cause dangerous confusion.