IMNSHO, the person who has the red flag at a worker station should
also have the radio. That way, there's no delay in getting the word
out to red flag a car.
John (Old Fartz & TLS #37) Lieberman
Rocky Entriken wrote:
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Phil Ethier <pethier@isd.net>
>
> >I was only referring to Rocky's description of a few workers authorized
> hold
> >the red flags, awaiting orders by radio. I have never had any such problem
> >locally. As I mentioned before, I have never seen red flags used this way
> >in any Twin Cities event, SCCA or not.
>
> Actually, IMHO Phil is part right. If a worker sees a situation he thinks
> warranting stopping a car, we tell him to go ahead and stop it. Dunno how
> many times I've seen a car stopped and thought that was not really
> necessary, but someone always reminds me an extra rerun or two is always
> preferable to an incident. Err on the side of caution.
>
> But we also tell people NOT to get out where they are in danger while giving
> such a signal. For our events here in Salina, every corner has a red flag.
> It only takes one flagger, not a horde of workers. And as often as not, the
> worker may get a radioed order to red flag a car -- usually to flag a car
> who is well away from an incident (most often, a spinout of another car
> further on). That's why he often gets an instruction by radio to fly the
> flag rather than doing it on his own -- he is away from the incident paying
> attention to his own portion of course (as he should be) and has to be told
> to shut the car down because of something that has happened elsewhere.
>
> --Rocky
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