| Subject: | Re: My 2 cents about the centerline |
| Date: | 03/30/2004 03:36 AM |
| From: | chr-@thinairad.com |
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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C41662.552C7700 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Scott Said: The official who was driving the truck for our race (cat 3) I think did a good job of driving up and letting the offenders know what they were doing and letting them know they were DQ'd. One small thing for you, I would say that at one point you drove up the left side to tell someone something, but you did it on a blind left hand corner. Please make sure when you make a move like that, that it is not into a blind corner. I'm not sure if you could see or not, but I was near the front of the group and I couldn't see around the bend. Thank you for the note of caution. I share your concern for safety. I do remember the blind corner I approached the pack on. When an official approaches the pack, especially on a blind corner, we call ahead to the lead car and ask for a call out for on-coming traffic. Often a official has to respond quickly to a violation, Poor number placement and a constant changing of pack position makes it near impossible to keep track and approach the rider after the incident. If the official is able to keep track of the offending rider and waits too long the rider is confused when the official does approach. The pack is also watching to see what action will take place. If we delay responding to an infraction it is often seen as an OK to continue. ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C41662.552C7700 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit <html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document> <meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 9"> <link rel=File-List href="cid:fileli-@01C41662.54B9DF10"> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind> <w:EnvelopeVis/> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {color:blue; text-decoration:underline; text-underline:single;} p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} pre {margin:0in; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Courier New"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Courier New";} span.EmailStyle18 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family:Arial; mso-hansi-font-family:Arial; mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:navy;} @page Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; mso-header-margin:.5in; mso-footer-margin:.5in; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1027"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext="edit"> <o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=blue style='tab-interval:.5in'> <div class=Section1> <p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'>Scott Said:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The official who was driving the truck for our race (cat 3) I think did a good job of driving up and letting the offenders know what they were doing and letting them know they were DQ'd. One small thing for you, I would say that at one point you drove up the left side to tell someone something, but you did it on a blind left hand corner. Please make sure when you make a move like that, that it is not into a blind corner. I'm not sure if you could see or not, but I was near the front of the group and I couldn't see around the bend.</span></font><font size=2 color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial; color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'><![if !supportEmptyParas]> <![endif]><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal><span class=EmailStyle18><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thank you for the note of caution. I share your concern for safety. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>I do remember the blind corner I approached the pack on.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>When an official approaches the pack, especially on a blind corner, we call ahead to the lead car and ask for a call out for on-coming traffic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Often a official has to respond quickly to a violation, Poor number placement and a constant changing of pack position makes it near impossible to keep track and approach the rider after the incident.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If the official is able to keep track of the offending rider and waits too long the rider is confused when the official does approach.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The pack is also watching to see what action will take place.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If we delay responding to an infraction it is often seen as an OK to continue.</span></font></span><font color=black><span style='color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p> </div> </body> </html> ------=_NextPart_000_0073_01C41662.552C7700-- |
