There is normally a good reason stages are 'Non Spectator' - limited access, parking, PR, etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
And while I'm not criticising people for going, if everybody had the same idea it could/would cause chaos.
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There is normally a good reason stages are 'Non Spectator' - limited access, parking, PR, etcQuote:
Originally Posted by Daniel
And while I'm not criticising people for going, if everybody had the same idea it could/would cause chaos.
Lack of good access for emergency services for spectators can also be a reason sometimes. A good reason just to go to normal spectator points.
I cant understand why anyone would want to go to a non-spectator stage when the organiziers do such a great job in providing parking etc. still buzzing from Saturday and cant wait now til the Snowman !!
Because particularly for photographers it's great to not have tape and spectators everywhere.
Believe the issue with Fonab is the lack of parking. We checked with the organisers well before the event to see if was ok to go into the stage and got the green light as long as it was ok with the marshals, which it was.
As for everyone else, well if you're out for a walk in the beautiful Perthshire hills and come across a rally, it'd be silly to leave wouldn't it ;)
The stage setup is the same regardless if it's non-spectator or not, the rescue/emergency services and tape etc shouldn't differ from a normal stage. And if the safety cars that drove through before the stage was live had any concerns, I'm sure they would have stopped and sorted it out and if necessary stopped the stage from running. But from what I saw everyone was well behaved, standing in safe places and enjoying themselves :up:
What I mean is that on some stages there isn't space for spectators to park and for emergency services to get in quickly too if that makes sense.
Don't worry Daniel I know exactly what you mean ;)
sure if you have an emergency route on any event you have to keep it clear you cant have some dope of a spectator wandering up the road with his rover and s the services trying to get in or out
It does. Thank you.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ecosse Pix
The main reason that SS1 was a non spectator stage is that there was no parking available in the area and the organisers didnt want cars being left on the side of the A9. I was staying just across the road in Pitlochry so i thought a would try and go to the 1st stage as i wasnt causing any problems by parking cars in stupid places etc
The marshals at the entrance and organisers we spoke to said it was ok to watch there if it wasnt i would have gone to SS2 so hope people dont think im an idiot.