Re: RC: Montana Accident

[Lynne Glazer <lynne@glazer.org>]

> Would I have been
>the cause of a terrible accident?  It is so hard sometimes to see where the
>course is (especially in camp :), I'm not trying to throw blame, but ride
>management needs to ride manage (especially the course).  Does that make
>sense?
>
>Sylvia

Sylvia,

Sometimes competitors' actions are unpredictable.  We located the 
finish line at Norco well away from camp (which was a PITA from a 
mgmt standpoint).  Nobody had parked near there as of bedtime Friday 
night.  We had chalk across the finish line and two orange cones set 
out, along with an EZ Up shelter to the side, well over a hundred 
yards from the vet check, room for 300 rigs elsewhere on either side 
of the "runway" --and people still tried to park ON the runway 
Saturday morning.

With 90 volunteers on my ride, you would think that we'd have the 
manpower to have someone stand on either side of the finish line at 
all times over a 12 hour course.  We had finish line timers that had 
to caution people pulling rigs around.  Barb can confirm, but I think 
most of the trouble was 25 milers being finished and leaving early. 
We had radio contact with the check less than 4 miles away to be able 
to alert the finish line that the riders were coming, but not every 
ride is set up to have any advance notice.  next time I suppose we'll 
use caution tape.  It's ridiculous given our site that we have any 
problem at all, it is in the boonies compared to the rest of camp.  A 
tradeoff for safety vs. having the finish where spectators can view 
it.

Lynne

Ontario, CA
Norco Riverdance Ride (PS) 9/2/00
and Rem-member Me, Celesteele


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