Unsafe Flag Points

[flaggie1]

Last weekend i had the pleasure of marshalling at RD 2 of the State Series at Sandown. Sandown is currently in the middle of track works which will realign the track and make the track faster. The previous weekend at an Observed Licence Evaluation our Chief reiceived 2 phone calls one to say the meeting had been cancelled due to unsafe track,(at that point there was no armco between turns 12 and 14 and there was about 60 cubic metres of soil on the track). The second phone call informed us that the meet was back on. When we all arrived bright and early at 7:00am for sign on our Chief of the day was out checking out the works. We all obtained our posts and myself along with our President had the job of turn 13. The point that cams track safety committee had created (NOW THERES A CONTRADICTION IN TERMS)consisted of a square of carpet on top of a 10 foot high mud pile 10 feet back from the track. We had no place to put any of our gear once 2 people stood on this square, we were unable to walk the track between races and there was a lack of info from our communicator. With 2 days of rain this area had become the proverbial "GLUE POT". This just made an uncomfortable situation for everyone concerned and i believe that it was unsafe and the competitors weren't paying attention to us. May question is to the fellow marshalls on this forum (and any drivers who dare to venture in) What would you consider an unsafe point and would you have tolerated the situation i was in on the weekend?