Injuries and fatalities resulting from collisions between cars and carriage horses have occurred in almost every city that allows carriage rides

The smoke and exhaust fumes from urban traffic are also dangerous for horses, causing enormous lung damage, the same kind of damage you would expect from a heavy smoker."(1)

As carriage horses are constantly walking and standing on hard streets, their hooves deteriorate until they are unable to work and are there slaughtered.

Many drivers don't know how to fasten harnesses correctly, and either leave straps so loose they rub and chafe the horse's skin, or buckle the straps so tightly they pinch.