One TV star got a real shock when an angry tractor driver confronted them on the road.
In toe-curling scenes, the man expressed his rage after Cheat Detectives presenter Liv Shelby asked politely if he could slow down for her three-year-old horse, Selina, as she went out on her first-ever walk in .
Selina supposedly cowered out of fear, having never come into contact with a tractor before.
However, its driver really didn’t take it so well when he was asked to be compliant.
According to rule 215 of the Highway Code, drivers should aim to be ‘particularly careful’ around horses and should not exceed 10mph.
Shocking footage of the moment sees the man – whose face has been blurred – storm out of his vehicle on the narrow path.
‘Do not wave at me, little girl. Get that horse out of the way now,’ he shouted at her.
Liv attempted to calm Selina down, leading her away from the path and the fuming driver.
‘Good girl, it’s alright,’ she told her beloved animal.
The star tried to explain to the tractor owner: ‘She’s never seen a tractor before!’
Alas, her words fell on deaf ears, as the man continued to shout at her for interrupting.
‘Don’t ever tell me how to drive,’ he fired at her.
‘I’ve been coming down here, I respect everybody, and I’m not coming fast.’
‘If you can’t control that, you shouldn’t be allowed to…’, he said, gesturing towards her horse.
‘She’s never seen a tractor!’, Liv reiterated, which the man did not like one bit.
‘Shut up! I’m talking to you, alright?’, he raged. ‘So do not wave like that again at me.’
‘I just said slow down,’ Liv reasoned, only adding to the man’s anger.
‘Slow down! I’ve been driving round here for 50 years, alright?’, the man mocked.
‘Don’t do that again,’ he said, walking away.
Liv shared the astonishing helmet footage with her thousands of social media followers in a bid to ‘spread awareness’.
‘What this man did was illegal, threatening and bullying,’ she added.
‘My poor pony is only three years old, her first time on the road and we were completely bullied to get out of the way.’
As written in the Highway Code, drivers should ‘slow down’ when they see a horse on the road, and should not sound a horn or rev an engine.
The code also states that, when it is safe to do so, drivers should ‘pass wide and slow, allowing at least two metres of space’ between them and the horse.
‘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,’ it adds.
‘Look out for horse riders’ and horse drivers’ signals and heed a request to slow down or stop. Take great care and treat all horses as a potential hazard; they can be unpredictable, despite the efforts of their rider/driver.
‘Remember there are three brains at work when you pass a horse; the rider’s, the driver’s and the horse’s.’
