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[RC] Prompting and rules - Michael MaulIn response to " The ride is held on public trails and this rider came upon some trail riders and rode with them for awhile. He was telling them about endurance riding, and was making some converts who wanted to give it a shot. "The is no way to stop someone on a public trail from riding with you. The difficulty comes when it's a family member or crew or a rider/horse from ride camp that's not entered in the ride. In my view - the RM was incorrect in the trail rider case above. OTOH, I've seen one instance where the ride manager talked the winner into withdrawing from the ride rather than be DQ when their spouse rode out to meet the rider and came into camp at the finish with them. As far as enforcement - many of our rules really depend on the honesty of the rider. I believe most riders would understand "prompting" by cellphone with the simple explanation that I posted. When the rule was first made - I'm sure cell phones didn't exist. I don't see a problem with GPS enabled phones because that info isn't available to anyone other than emergency. In general - I don't see a problem in any GPS use anyway. Mike =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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