Next time he will say that Mr De La Pierre blocked the road in his red Peugeot 306 with licence plate ....Quote:
Originally Posted by danon
Really, a roadblock, isn't that an explanation??
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Next time he will say that Mr De La Pierre blocked the road in his red Peugeot 306 with licence plate ....Quote:
Originally Posted by danon
Really, a roadblock, isn't that an explanation??
i am started to be annoyed about this cancelation of stages situation.
if there is few spectators, you cry sport is dying, if there is too much spectators you cry when stages canceled. be sensible. get over it. no one can predict such a mess on the road section. organizers rely on "traffic police" and road section crews to solve the jam. but when it happens you postpone the start? it was already done and then stages canceled.
too many spectators came up with their cars, parked both sides of a very narrow road, only one car width left, it has to flow one way only but when some of them gone wrong way, it is blocked.
So now what? Conspiracy that Citroen have influenced the coc to cancel the stage as they had no tyres left???Quote:
Originally Posted by Gard
Come on....
think this explains everything. Maybe the ambulance is more importatnt getting out of the stage, and not rallycars getting into the stage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Puyan
Rember spanish spectator broke his leg.
Steve
IMHO RMC2013 was very difficult and demanded rally due weather conditions how for competitors so for organisers and canceling last lap was pretty correct and human decision. First thing is a safety element and people lives, we are witnessed last years tragedies during motorsport events ... will be rallies ...
Only organisers are to blame for cancelation. I couldn't find any info about getting to the stages, which road sections will be closed.where and when, when and where celbration will be hold etc. No even one guide on the website. Access to Col de Turini for SS16 was a joke, Gendarmerie stoped all the cars some 8 km before the stage and you had an option to walk 8 km or turn back even there was lots of space as hundreds of cars left Col the Turini. If they blame traffic jam for cancelation they should predict that in the first place and prepare road section for rally cars or just escorte them as in other rallies( that's only 45 cars). Funny thing to say but in 2008 fans were escorted from Lucerne to Col the Turini in groups of 20-30 cars to avoid traffic and chaos. Looks like rally funs are the least important factor of rallies these days, no TV coverage, no guides, shamble with split times, comparing to F1 or even ERC now, WRC seem to be ellite "sport" for chosen ones.
In 1980' there were far less cars. I guess that for moving the same number of people half of the cars were used. Anyway using twice more stages usually helps to spread people to more locations while less stages leads to concentration of them.Quote:
Originally Posted by BDunnell
With all these problems with traffic I think it is best Turini to be run only once in the evening, or perhaps another one in the morning earlier.
Agree. I also think that the best would be to run this section only once. Maybe they could add another stage like Col de Braus to add some kilometers.
The three passes were definitely too much.
At least road must blocked by police before running the stage and opened only after rally is finished. Is it too hard?
Another option is block completely road for private cars, but use several buses to move spectators to stage seeing points. Is it impossible?
A lot of solutions, only will is needed.