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Re: [RC] [RC] Racing - heidiYou can do that on private land. On public land you don't normall have control and can't close off areas. On dirt roads in public lands you have even less since the road is open to public access. You can't keep other users out of specific areas. In multi use public areas not all the people will be associated with the ride and you will be sharing the area with other and different types of trail users. They might want to come watch, stop park their cars near the finish, etc., somthing over which the RM has absolutely no control. Actually, some of the permits I've had on public lands have INSISTED that I do that, for the very reason that safety comes first. Yes, the lands are public--but part of regulating them is ensuring that users have exclusive access to certain areas at certain times. Kinda like making a motel reservation. One year we had a bicycle race in an area across a USFS road from us the day AFTER our ride--and we were required to actually put up orange traffic cones (our permit specifically said that was what we were to use) to designate the exit route for our riders' rigs from the parking for the bicycle people, so that the exit route would not be impeded and so that there would not be any conflict between land users. We were also required to have a real live person there all morning directing traffic and telling people where to park. In my experience, having a permit to use a certain area gives you exclusive use of that area for that time frame--particular camping areas. In popular areas, often the schedule of permittees is posted. It's true that you may not be able to block off a public access road--but you can DARN sure regulate who parks alongside it. And if a public access road IS heavily traveled, it behooves a manager to pick somewhere else to finish! Heidi ============================================================ By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. ~ Confucius ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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