Ron Strasser
Old man perspective here.
I believe the reason many choose to disregard rules regarding the Pit,
course crossing, illegal pre-riding is most often being self centered.
People (even old people like me) think they are not causing a problem
because from their point of view there is no problem. That for the most
part is the problem!
"It is just about me" has been around since people have been here. But my
generation (and all you younger folks) are post WWII which was the last time
our society had to make serious life impacting sacrifices. It has not been
all smooth sailing since, but for the most part, we pretty much get what we
want....thus we feel entitled. Caring about others and rules is something
people do more often because it is convenient instead of a part of their
fiber. This is our culture. I am as guilty as the next person.
Another important part of this conversation is lack of knowledge. There are
people who have no clue about the concept of what a Pit is, crossing the
course whenever they want or even pre-riding. Some of that is just
"ignorance of the rules". Throw in the "I do what I want" with the
ignorance and someone is stepping out in front of racers the next thing you
know. I am not just talking about young kids here. Nor was Jordan.
My experience with our officials (even when I have done a bad) has always
been positive yet firm direction from them. It would be much smoother if
people just did what the official asks, directs or suggests. That will
always be the individuals call on reaction to the official. This behavior
will never vanish.
What can we do?
There is already a ton of stuff that needs to be set up for a race venue and
I do not want to add to that load, but maybe OBRA printing off some
waterproof venue posters that could be mounted near registration and where
results are posted (people gather here). Maybe even a sign with Pit rules
at each entry to it. How about some info. on the registration site...and
require that promoters using other reg. sites include the info. Have it be
importable to that site. I know this would be more time at front and end of
event. The more rules "face time" people (racers and spectators) are
presented with, result in more understanding and compliance with these
rules. More people might understand their purpose.
ron
-----Original Message-----
From: Jordan Staples via OBRA
Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2017 12:48 PM
To: obra@list.obra.org
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Entitlement / Respect
John,
To be fair the job is compensated but at the end of the day it really does
not equate to much but it is based on us volunteering for the jobs. Without
the racers there would be no race to promote but its like wise for the
officials who need to run the event.
Jordan
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