Hi, Rusty, I hope you come to the bottom of Bray from time to time, although all you say about speed applies there in spades, and probably above or below the bottom is better.
However, as marshals we don't have any choice but move you if the area you are in is prohibited. Also, as I often explain to people, I'd hate to pick up bits of someone who chose to stand in the wrong place, so I ask them to move.
The new restrictions on ALL personnel mean that, even with a media tabard, no-one is allowed on the road or the pavement. I know, as an experienced photographer, you know this and stick by it.
Believe me, folks, even hardened marshals scare themselves sometimes theorising on what could happen. We did this year, speculating on someone losing it, as Paul Orrit did many years ago, but at that flat out, first lap, full tank speed, and the front tyre hit something and it took off.
It was a wee whilie before we all crept back out from behind the phone box!
As the years go by, and the speeds increase, the length and trajectory of a crashing motorcycle's flight lengthens and changes. This explains a lot of the new prohibited areas, and, of course, tragic events in recent years have meant Health and Safety is paramount, if sometimes a bit over the top.
Watch, enjoy, survive. Roll on TT 2008. :yah