Whats the maximum speed of a horse drawn coach or carraige?
The safety depends on the road conditions and the type of carriage. A buck board with wooden wheels would not be able to obtain much over 30. Wooden wheels often break as to the old cast iron ones. A two wheeled cart can bounce high in the air if both wheels hit an object at the same time. A four wheeled light buggy can probably get up to 35 or maybe 40. Added horses are used to pull heavier loads for longer distances not for added speed. As far as how safe. My father once tried out a two wheeled buggy. He thought it was great and was heading down the road at a good speed. Unfortunately a very small (4 to 6 inch diameter) log had fallen across the road. It almost threw him out of the buggy. This was before I was born but it was a neat and even true story. It would have been right after WWII out in rural Missouri where they still used horse and buggy as the primary means of transportation. Out here there were towns that were still supplied with horse and wagon up until the late 1950’s a
