Petitions/Amend the Highway Code to incorporate Horse Riders'/handlers' hand signals
StatusOngoing
Opened8 Jun 2026
Closes
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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.

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.

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Natalie Fleet
1Natalie Fleet MP
Bolsover
16
Ian Sollom
2Ian Sollom MP
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
12
Charlotte Cane
3Charlotte Cane MP
Ely and East Cambridgeshire
10
Pippa Heylings
4Pippa Heylings MP
South Cambridgeshire
10
Ben Obese-Jecty
5Ben Obese-Jecty MP
Huntingdon
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Steve Yemm
6Steve Yemm MP
Mansfield
6
Michelle Welsh
7Michelle Welsh MP
Sherwood Forest
6
Sir John Hayes
8Sir John Hayes MP
South Holland and The Deepings
6
Jo White
9Jo White MP
Bassetlaw
5
Callum Anderson
10Callum Anderson MP
Buckingham and Bletchley
5
Amend the Highway Code to incorporate Horse Riders'/handlers' hand signals — Petitions