larryd
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RE: PIT LANE SPEED CONTROL?
(23-07-2009, 05:48 PM)scruffy Wrote: A Pit Lane Speed Restriction of 60 kph has been established and will be in operation during the 2009 Manx Grand Prix races.
Pit Lane - New Speed Limit - 60kph
At the entrance to the Pit Lane the Stop Box has been removed.
Just before the start of the Armco Barrier there is a Single White Line with a board at each side indicating 60 kph. From this point until the Pit Lane Exit - which is indicated by a White Line with a board at each side with the 60kph crossed out, the speed limit is 60kph.
This speed limit will be controlled by transponder loops in the Pit Lane.
There will be sanctions for any competitor breaking the speed limit as follows:
61kph - 80kph - a time penalty of 30 seconds.
81kph - 100kph - a time penalty of 60 seconds
Over 100 kph - disqualification from the race.
These penalties will be a matter of fact with no right of protest or appeal.
Phil Taubman
Clerk of the Course
Read this on another site, checked iommgp site and no mention???????????
You'll have to put a speedo on it, Brian !!
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23-07-2009, 08:32 PM |
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RE: PIT LANE SPEED CONTROL?
I have to say I'm surprised by this. If the TT can run without pit lane restrictions and without accidents (to my knowledge there weren't any this year and I certainly can't remember any in the past) then why are they deemed necessary for the Manx? Ok there are usually a few close calls with bikes pulling into/out of the pits when the adjacent bike is coming in for a stop at the same time, but the incoming bike would almost always be able to get a clear view and take avoiding action because they would be going slowly enough, having just stopped in the stop box.
I suppose the rule is targeting those who blast out of the pits at full whack when others might be exiting in front of them. In this respect I think it will improve pit lane safety at the exit end but I'm not so convinced that those pit boxes near to the top end of the pit lane will be any safer if the stop box is to disappear.
Plus, how many riders have speedometers on their machines (especially the older bikes?) Are they supposed to guess their speed or will speedos (in the electrical sense!) be compulsory?!
Just to add to the above, very interesting discussion on iomtt.com:
http://www.iomtt.com/Home/Forum/ShowPost...tID=177841
(This post was last modified: 23-07-2009, 11:31 PM by Manx Badger.)
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23-07-2009, 11:25 PM |
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an old man returns
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RE: PIT LANE SPEED CONTROL?
This is a farce..........
Perhaps who ever thought this up used the piece of string method.
It is bordering on the impossible to judge 60kph after riding at speed. Just think what it feels like after driving at 70mph on the motorway then pulling onto the slip road..............
The MGP rules state give way to riders leaving their pits, should a rider not do this penalise that rider. The rule is in place but to my knowledge the officials have never NEVER used it to penalise a rider. The officials are able to make judgement of dangerous riding in the pits, so why don't they.......all it takes is a pitlane camera for monitoring and job done. If the rider in question wishes to appeal let that happen.
Phil Taubman says no right of protest or appeal, presume proof will be presented to the offending rider or are we back to the piece of string again.
Flippin crackers
Erm speedometers if mounted must be covered over according ACU rules/handbook.
I was there many times a few years ago, returned in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012. SUPPORT THE MGP
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24-07-2009, 08:49 AM |
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