Originally Posted by
yeamac
This is a nice place to vent, and find others who will agree with you, but I'm afraid you are "preachin' to the choir."
I'm in full agreement people shouldn't start early in the HHH and disrupt the race. My question would be are the organizers doing all they can to provide a safe environment for the race?
Does the ride waiver riders sign include a statement that riders can be removed from the ride if they start before the racers?
Do they send vehicles out ahead of the race to "clear the way" and make anyone who has started early pull off to the side and stop? Do they/would they actually remove someone from the ride for starting early?
Doesn't sound like they have these type of rules in place, or if they do, it doesn't sound like they enforce it.
Hard to enforce.
Lirterally hundreds of riders do this every year and it's becoming a fad. the WFPD is small compared to 14,000+riders. See when HHH was organized most riders respected and appreciated the ride enough to simply play by the rules, but sense of entitlement has arisen with people who think because they pay a 24 dollar fee and get a t-**** that the ride owes them something so they can pretty much do whatever they like. I actually commend the event organizers and the DPS and WFPD on how well they police an event that size. most of the people who do what i am talking about are very aware of what they are doing and many times rest stop personell tell them they are wrong. It's about the rider ethic, if you don't give a **** about other riders, or wether or not your riding is causing undue risks then you see no problem with breaking the rules. basically.