HORSE AND PONY MAGAZINE 1997.

CAMPAIGN NEWS

BACK IN APRIL WE LAUNCHED AN IMPORTANT ROAD SAFETY CAMPAIGN. THE RESPONSE FROM OUR READERS WAS OVERWHELMING. NOW YOU CAN ENJOY SEEING RESULTS OF YOUR HARD WORK...

At last - the campaign news you've all been waiting for! After hours of adding up the signatures you sent us, we've finally reached a grand total. Be proud of yourselves, H&P readers, because you've managed to convince 120,339 people to take more care when they meet ponies and riders on the roads. If they each pass just one horse carefully, that's an awful lot of potential accidents avoided.

ITS OFFICIAL!

But that's not all. We want to make sure your efforts and hard work would be recognised by people who matter. So H&P set off for London to present the thousands of signatures to Baroness Hayman who, as Minister for Roads, is a key person involved in government decisions about road safety. We hope she will make every effort to lessen the dangers riders regularly face, especially as she can now be in no doubt about the level of concerned riders have about this issue.

HOT NEWS

If you take a peek at the pics on this page there's another surprise. Spot a face you recognise? Yep, it's the star of top TV series "London's Burning", Glen Murphy. The actor is a keen rider and he was happy to help with our campaign presentation. Glen, better known as George to his fans, likes nothing better than hacking out with his two youngest children when he's not filming. And he's also been busy working to improve riders' road safety by supporting the British Horse Society's Campaign 2000.

READERS POWER

With the help of H&P's Justine and two mounted offficers from the Metropolitan Police, Great Scotland Yard, readers Kim Brown, Melissa Calder - Matthews, Alexis Redwood and Melissa Howe had the honour of handing over the signatures to Baroness Hayman. Kim managed to collect the most (628), with Melissa Calder - Mattherws coming a close second with 613. Alexis and Melissa Howe had strong reasons for taking part in Road Safety '97, both having been involved in accidents when riding on the roads. Now, thanks to all your help, we hope the likelihood of such sad and unnecessary incidents happening again will be considered reduced.

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