Adams, Mike
Mike,
I will come armed for the next RR or Stage race and will be happy to execute all litter offenders. This is not only a bonehead move for future venues, but each offenders number should be taken and given a yellow safety vest to walk the course to collect all liter right after the race is over. Just a thought.
Mike Adams
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Murray [mailto:mike.m-@obra.org]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 1:50 PM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: RE: [OBRA Chat] Missing jackets at MHCC
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For future reference NEVER leave items in the OBRA truck expecting that
someone else will figure out what to do with it. This includes, but it is
not limited to, lost and found clothing, sunglasses or other items,
unclaimed support wheels, water bottles, etc. Lost and found from specific
races is the responsibility of the organizer of that race. The OBRA
equipment manager has plenty to do for the pittance that he gets paid
without trying to run down all the stuff from all the races. With 280+ days
of racing on the OBRA schedule the amount of detritus that ends up in the
OBRA truck is more than we have room to store. This is not directed at race
volunteers as Martin probably feels right now but more at the race
organizers who fail to clear this stuff out of the truck before they return
it.
I want to second the littering comment. Just because you are at a bike race
doesn't mean you are allowed to litter. In fact, being at a bike race is
even more of a reason not to litter because the presence of litter after an
event makes it much more likely that we will not be able to use that venue
again in the future. There is no staffing for people to clean up after you
and even if there were do you want to pay the increased costs that this
would mean? Keep your garbage in your pockets and your bottles in your
cages. If you need to eject an empty bottle to take on a new one ONLY do
that in an area where it is probable that someone, generally YOU, will be
able to gather those together like in the feed zone or at the finish line.
Preferably keep the empty bottle in your cage or pocket. If you see some
other bozo tossing off stuff let him know what a bonehead he is AND report
it to the officials. There is a penalty for littering in the rules. At Mt
Hood it was a $25 fine, which was applied at least once. (Personally I
think they should be shot, daily.) Unfortunately officials can rarely see
the rider litter from the middle of the field. Other riders do see and they
should forcefully apply peer pressure.
Mike Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: martin cohen [mailto:mc-@gorge.net]
Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 09:35 AM
To: ob-@topica.com
Subject: [OBRA Chat] Missing jackets at MHCC
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We drove a sweep car and found 2 jackets, a clear and a yellow PI, I
think both around the start of the first climb, however.
Threw them both into the OBRA truck, along with the 20 or so water
bottles that must have 'bounced' out of rider's cages??!! Then there's
the countless gu packets, cliff bar wrappers,... Hey people, you're
riding in my back yard (I live in Hood River), please don't litter here!
Anyways, whoever knows where the jackets went that were in the OBRA
truck is who you need to talk to.
Martin
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