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Monkeyhillcs
Guest
I can't post to RBR but here is a response to the dude who wanted to know how I can **** down roads
in Lancaster
The most efficient way to run a road race while being able to use the whole road is to find a
circuit between 2.5 and 8 miles long (can be longer, but I like to keep it simple). Get the local
municipality to declare the roads one way for the duration of the racing. Post fire police at each
intersection directing the cars the same way as the way the riders are going. Put a pace car in
front of and in back of the field for further protection ( this works best with police cars).
Typically the most a person has to go out of their way is one full lap of the course, but if you are
tricky and come up with detour routes and inform people either through a letter and/or maps to the
fire police you can usually reduce the detour distance to a couple of miles. This is easier to
convince the muni to do than you might think. The selling points are that the roads are not closed,
they are detoured which is something that most munis are more familiar with, not only are emergency
vehicles given priority over the race, but emergency reponse in the area for the day is increased as
you will have fire police and ambulances in the immeidate are on the day. Of course good business
practice would suggest that you write the homes directly affected by the race to inform them of the
race and invite them to watch, that you use and make a donation to the local sports booster club for
marshalling assistance, and that you make the local elected officials part of the program.
That takes some work and perhaps a little bit of money, but is an effective and financially
reasonable way to put on a good safe race.
in Lancaster
The most efficient way to run a road race while being able to use the whole road is to find a
circuit between 2.5 and 8 miles long (can be longer, but I like to keep it simple). Get the local
municipality to declare the roads one way for the duration of the racing. Post fire police at each
intersection directing the cars the same way as the way the riders are going. Put a pace car in
front of and in back of the field for further protection ( this works best with police cars).
Typically the most a person has to go out of their way is one full lap of the course, but if you are
tricky and come up with detour routes and inform people either through a letter and/or maps to the
fire police you can usually reduce the detour distance to a couple of miles. This is easier to
convince the muni to do than you might think. The selling points are that the roads are not closed,
they are detoured which is something that most munis are more familiar with, not only are emergency
vehicles given priority over the race, but emergency reponse in the area for the day is increased as
you will have fire police and ambulances in the immeidate are on the day. Of course good business
practice would suggest that you write the homes directly affected by the race to inform them of the
race and invite them to watch, that you use and make a donation to the local sports booster club for
marshalling assistance, and that you make the local elected officials part of the program.
That takes some work and perhaps a little bit of money, but is an effective and financially
reasonable way to put on a good safe race.