That sounds like your typical local tri experience. Closed courses are almost non existent outside of IM events and police support is basically only going to be at intersections yet at times traffic control can still be up in the air.
But that’s just it. Local permits will force the race to have required police support at intersections yet not even required to do a “good job” actually at it. They can easily just sit in their car and do nothing just have their lights on and the race has no recourse from that.
We are putting on a race 3hr away in an “vacation” destination and we are running into that’s just how the “locals” do it (they don’t manage the intersections they iust sit in their car w lights on). And they’ll lol at us asking for them to do better for sake of safety. They have us over the barrel. Push back too much and they’ll pull the permit. End of race in that area. we had an issue at an intersection last year and the local police force shrugged their shoulders.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
But that’s just it. Local permits will force the race to have required police support at intersections yet not even required to do a “good job” actually at it. They can easily just sit in their car and do nothing just have their lights on and the race has no recourse from that.
We are putting on a race 3hr away in an “vacation” destination and we are running into that’s just how the “locals” do it (they don’t manage the intersections they iust sit in their car w lights on). And they’ll lol at us asking for them to do better for sake of safety. They have us over the barrel. Push back too much and they’ll pull the permit. End of race in that area. we had an issue at an intersection last year and the local police force shrugged their shoulders.
Brooks Doughtie, M.S.
Exercise Physiology
-USAT Level II
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B_Doughtie: Apr 5, 23 6:08