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Flaggers are getting worse all the time
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[QUOTE="Ol'89r, post: 812200, member: 17212"] oldguy. This is a subject that really gets me going. :aj: Not only flaggers but all course workers need to know what they are out there for. A course worker meeting before the races would be a good thing maybe? A few years ago at the start of a GP, there were 4 of us running in tight formation for the lead. We were on a long straight section of the course where the terrain rises and drops off. Very fast section, pinned in 5th. Coming off the tops of the rises, you would catch air for about 20 or 30 feet on the down side. This was on the first lap and when we came off the top of one of those rises there was a course worker on a little TTr crusing down the middle of the course. This was a very large fellow on a very little bike. First place guy missed him. Second place guy went to the right and missed him. About that time, he looked over his shoulder to see who was coming and pulled right across the course in front of me. Having just landed, I only had a few feet to do something. I had the choice of hitting him or running off the course. Since the course was on the side of a hill and it was a long way down, I centerpunched the guy and we both tumbled down the hill. Turned out he was a course worker that was delivering water to the flaggers. Didn't have a clue that the race had started or the fact that he was on the course. :( Neither one of us was hurt and I was able to get back in the race after rippin the guy a new one. Talk about being pissed. :bang: IMO, it's up to the Promoter to insure that all the course workers know what is going on at all times. They are there for our safety not just for the 'T' shirt. It was bad enough getting taken out after a good start, but at the speeds we were running it could have been very ugly. :yikes: Rant mode off. [/QUOTE]
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