Originally Posted by
canam73
Well, you may want to look at the course, which is available along with the rules in the link I provided above.
It is not an out-and-back, but a clock wise loop meaning all right hand turns. The only cross traffic that seems possible is on a single street that bisects both halves of the loop, so really not that much to police.
No hills to bomb, and with 30 second gaps I would imagine that any packs that develop will be of the fairly slow moving, non competitive type of riders.
What kind of events do you see these problems in? While I certainly have seen poor drivers react badly when unexpectedly encountering an event, it has not been the norm for the USAC sanctioned races of done or the few non-series races and triathlons I have seen.
USAC, and UCI (TOC, SF Grand Prix (when they had it)). When I was marshaling at TOC Prologue oh the *****ing and whining I heard from people that they had to walk a block to cross the street. If they were in a car I would have no doubt they would have just drove on a course if the Marshal wasn't standing directly in front of them.
Latest example, woman getting around cones and parking it on a street, was from Giro Di SF, a USAC event.
I personally had to dodge a head on with a car this season when this woman somehow made it on a closed course earlier this season.
Of course it isn't the norm, but it also on a fully closed courses (in theory).
Anyway, good luck to you, and I hope it will go without any issues. For me personally it's too much of a risk.