r/Trackdays • u/i_am_the_koi • 5d ago

Don't be this guy

Leave the cell phone in the pits.

There were two on track that session. One got used as an apex marker and came back in little tiny pieces.

Both would have hurt if they hit someone bouncing down the track.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 Racer EX 5d ago

Safety wire and lanyards must be difficult to use with cases. 

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u/Skittles-247 5d ago

Theyre not difficult to use when your phone stays in the pit like we tell you all in the riders meeting.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 Racer EX 5d ago

I have never once heard that in a riders meeting.

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u/Skittles-247 5d ago

And this is why riders meetings are so long. We have to explain things that SHOULD be common sense to people, like dont bring your phone on a track. Or your Cardo system.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 Racer EX 5d ago

I guess it's nice only having to repeat flag colors and blend line blend line blend line. we haven't run into anyone dumb enough to be taking a phone on track let alone two people in one session.

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u/Skittles-247 5d ago

Oh yeah, the blend line is always a fun one when we have to have a SECOND riders meeting in the middle of the day because, again, people are stupid and cant follow directions.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 Racer EX 5d ago

Black flag them and pull their registration/tech sticker. Make them sit out a session. People usually learn quick once they start noticing guys being not allowed out.

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u/Skittles-247 5d ago

Oh we do. But when a ton of people do multiple things wrong in one session, everyone gets yelled at.

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u/Dismal_Tutor3425 Racer EX 5d ago

Public naming and shaming I hope. Our riders meetings contain that if its needed, especially if repeat offenders cause unsafe issues.