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I wonder how many of them have been active flag marshals at any time in the recent past or even at all?
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I am surprised that Chris Hobson hasn't been on here yet.. I had a feeling he may have been on this meeting and could explain how all that can be done single manned...
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I try to be positive about most things. Seeing the downside doesn't usually get me anywhere. One positive is that in a Safety Car situation, two yellows at the post preceding the incident will highlight where it is. The old system of single waved everywhere didn't do that, which I always thought was rubbish. As you say, I've got to deliver training and at the moment I don't have answers, so I'm open to ideas/suggestions from anyone. |
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I have queried the MSA with regards to this. I have also raised a question regarding "Live Snatch" where for some circuits the Clerks have required the use of DWY, SWY, Y across three flag points leading up to the snatch operation (I know DWY never existed anyway pre 2014 but I do have an answer from the MSA Technical Director to explain that particular oddity). Dave |
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Having read, and re-read this a few times, is this not just implementing FIA flag rules and standardising procedures??
- waved yellow at the incident OR preceding a double waved yellow - double waved yellow for an obstructed track incident OR marshals are working at the trackside - waved green following the incident - red flags around the circuit in both directions except for where the incident is (although that doesn't appear in this extract) Yes it raises the questions for those circuits who won't / can't invest in fixed / freestanding SC & Hazard boards, but that's something that the circuit liason folks will need to address. As for needing both hands to flag and also potentially phone / write, then that's up to your judgement on the day if you're told you're single manned without an observer. If you don't feel safe / comfortable doing that, ask to be reassigned to something you're happy doing, or apologise & leave. Put the 'what is adequately manned?' question back in the hands of the stewards. Personally, I don't see the issue. As experienced flag marshals we've all used FIA / international flags before on 'minimal' manning levels and handled incidents appropriately. Those of us who use circuits with snatch have used double yellow for those (NOT white flags, those of you who still do...), and had no problems. I would suggest that if you are flagging solo, then the solution would be for the green flag post to call in / respond where they can see double-waved yellows are deployed. If your green flag is not in sight of the double yellows post, then you are certainly not in an adequately manned situation. There's no reason or flag point at a circuit I can immediately think of where a green flag post couldn't see what was blocking the track (& therefore cause a double-yellow) and therefore be able to report what was happening. The flag marshals primary role is to get messages to the drivers of what is the situation on that section of the track where you are. That has to come first. You don't want to make a bad situation worse by trying to do other things. If I have a blocked track, I'll be waving both yellow flags and sod everything else until I feel in a comfortable state to do anything else like write reports. Last edited by Alan Green; 19 Dec 2013 at 19:22. |
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If we end up with an incident with double waved yellows and oil on the track what do we do? Have both waved yellows and no oil flag so drivers spin off on it, or drop a yellow, have an oil flag and then the drivers think the incident is up the road somewhere!, same goes for if a service vehicle is on track....I can see single sweaters underneath low loaders at this rate! I'd love to hear the msas reasoning behind this shambles.....an answer to a question that didn't exist! |
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Although this is not a thread about communications they have been referred to several times. In all the countries I marshal regularly every year (9) the UK is the only one which still uses phone technology, or if radio with no talk-through, so posts only know their own comments. All the others, whether radio or land line have full open communication, so all posts hear everything. Additionally most have a base station which records the conversation to disk or logger. It if rare to be asked for a written report at these circuits unless there is a judicial issue which requires a signed witness statement. The other thing with this is they have a strict voice procedure, often very scripted - location and immediate requirements-for all initial calls. No story telling until the situation is stabilized and Race Control will then ask for a detailed account of how the incident happened. |
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It is certainly not implementing FIA regs as the use of the yellows differs markedly ie normally no yellow at the preceding flag point whereas the MSA have a yellow there. Dave |
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So far as I am aware (on not-first-hand information), the issue went to a vote, the results of which may be surprising.
It certainly didn't go through without difficulty, put it that way... |
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Having read the new rules regarding yellow, it seems to me that it merely formalises what we have been doing for ages, namely going to double waved yellow when marshals are working on track (ie live snatch). 15.1.1(d) still allows for single waved in other situations.
The waved green makes some sense as waved is more visible that stationary. |
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Just our of interest, if the incident is well off track we only need to have a single waved yellow, does that mean the post before still has to have a single waved yellow too? To me there are a couple of ways of making this work...ensure all posts have 2 flaggie a...or cancel the meeting, or put a holder on the front of each post...so you can slot the handle of a flag into it which would allow a stripy flay or white flag to hang vertically while you are waving double yellow....also safety/hazard boards need to be mounted on the post so they can be used easily Last edited by ascarracinguk; 20 Dec 2013 at 09:20. |
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Bringing in a waved green takes longer than a stationary and delays getting back to using the blue. |
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Anyway as Paul says the regs have been published so now we have basically two choices: - we can try to work out how to live with it while minimising the chaos as much as possible (with any luck only for a year or so until reality sets in and we go back to the original way of doing things) - or we can give up flagging and let someone else sort it out (until reality....) At some circuits and for some clubs it won't be a big problem. Where there are plenty of marshals on post (e.g. in my world most meetings at Oulton, most 750MC meetings anywhere) we should be able to work something out. If there's only me flagging I'll handle the flags as well as I can manage but I ain't even attempting to do any other jobs on top. Reports/radios etc will have to be SEP (someone else's problem). OTOH now I'm really looking forward to the training sessions where I will be hoping that those with a lot more experience (and probably intelligence) than me will have come up with some ideas. Steve |
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Here's a thought, maybe, just maybe Flag Marshals (of which I am one) and drivers themselves have contributed to this insanity by a) the over use of the yellow flag, i.e. perhaps waving it when all it needed was a stationery and b) because of this, the drivers now ignore them to a greater extent. The yellow flag over the recent years has become devalued and so the MSA now feels it must act in this situation and has done so, but perhaps not in the correct way.
When I have been training on post with a flag marshal, I have always said, and will continue to say, 'you can't wave an already waved flag' For whatever reason, we are where we are and we will just have to make it work. If though for some reason in my capacity as a Post Chief I see a double waved yellow flag for a car that has spun and is just getting away, I shall be very angry with that flag marshal - Please please do not over react and use good judgement. Bladders…. Last edited by M Greenslade; 20 Dec 2013 at 10:27. |
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You could also argue that the positioning of flags is a contributing factor, as an ex single seat driver, when your bum is an inch off the ground and your nose cone is under the gearbox of the car in front, a flag 50 yards to the right or left is not exactly in line of sight is it?
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Some circuits/clubs/clerks asked for DWY for live snatching (at Brands certainly) to give DWY, SWY, SY giving a 3 flag point yellow zone. This has never meant that the norm for marshals trackside was DWY. Quote:
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The ones we use for the Grand Prix at Silverstone are 'great', two Observers on the same post, maybe 100 yards apart have got no idea what the other one is reporting, so everything gets reported twice - marvellous system
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What has been interesting in this thread (only a little) but also in a Facebook discussion I've seen is how many marshals are flagging and don't understand or operate to the current regulations. I suppose one plus side of this is that we might start to train flag use properly again.
Is this change perhaps another symptom of the supposition that you can call someone an experienced flag marshal because they did five days on the job while seeking an upgrade for something else? |
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I wonder when the MSA are going to update the Post Chiefs report form to reflect the new flag rules, as of 2 mins ago (16:10 on 20/12/13) it still has a "stationary" tick box for Flag infringements
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