(08-06-2015, 11:58 AM)warrior Wrote: As I sit here looking out on a lovely Manx day, with perfect racing conditions, we face at least a 2 hour delay to a programme already at bursting point, due to an RTC just prior to roads closing.

I've spent the past hour reflecting over the problems facing the TT, as the event has grown, so have the problems, its a worry, and if left unchecked these problems could ultimately grow to a point where they threaten the very existence of the event as we know it, I don't have answers to the problems below, but I think they need some serious thought by the organisers and other involved parties.

1) We have an increasing number of road riders trying to get to their vantage point before roads close, this leads to the inevitable increase in accidents.

2) Serious road accidents now require a full lock down of the scene and investigations to take place before anything else can happen, which I cant quite get my head around given the modern resources now available in relation to recording equipment.

3) I don't think its just me getting older, I honestly think the standard of riding amongst 'fans' has been going downhill rapidly in the past 2 or 3 years, leading to more accidents and less tolerance by residents.

4) We have an increasing number of what I would call 'bucket list' or 'stag trip' visitors, who don't really understand the event, don't read or listen to anything, and think its ok to urinate in peoples gardens, to walk along or across closed roads, and to ignore officials when challenged, as I type this Chris Kinley is again appealing over the radio to people who have been seen on the roads in the past few minutes, despite many similar announcements over the past hour or so.

5) For riders, practice time is getting really tight, setting up a superbike needs more than a couple of laps in most cases, and most riders now have 3 - 4 bikes to dial in during the week (I do have an idea on a possible solution to this one)

To be clear, this isn't a criticism of anyone, the CoC and everyone else does a great job and I wouldn't want to be in the CoC's shoes, but I do wonder if the TT is now becoming a victim of its own success?

it's obviously not just old curmudgeons like me that foresee difficult times ahead for the TT if behaviour does not improve;    I agree with the points raised.