This week's CW reflects on the "ToB" and lessons to be learned.
The incident on the Mall. The motorcylcist was only at 15 mph.. and people still needed hospital treatment. Rider made a mistake and turned into the deviation sign.
Relf (route manager) wants a National Escort Teamn to operate the rolling road closures. Yeah.. can agree - it;s a risky matter anyway to do this and ToB this year was too "ad hoc" which also caused confusion,
Let's just say that if they routed through our patch .. we would ask some specific questions to make sure it ran smoothly. Tour de France and Suisse have gendarme front and back and ensure straddlers have an escort.
Advance warning should be given so that gridlock does not occur. And we simply have to get the word out of road cloures and much better advance notice of stages to all who may be affected by the routes well in advance. I do know from Willi and Bob that no notice was passed to householders along the route through Lancs Hills. They live there and were aware because they ride and follow the sport with enthusiasm.
Andy Relf was critical of the police forces involved .. stating
Quote:
The were inexperienced at handling a rolling road closure
Well
I will agree .. we are very" raw green" at this.. and yes - we need to work on the strategy to get it 100% correct and learn from errors made in this recent race.
My advice. (and will write to this guy) . get the publicity as priority to bring to attention and drum up support. Liaise very closely with the police and local councils along the prooposed route. Make sure they know exactly what is required and things will pan out accordingly
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