26 April 2008
Safety, Safety, Safety.
At stages thought this blog, concern has been exprest about the safety of this project and now I am going to talk about what is planned and action that will take place, to keep me and my team as safe as possible.
The van that we shall be using will be fitted at the rear, with flashing orange warning lights warning traffic that I am ahead. I also proposed to make contact with the local radio station that I am in their area; if possible I am going to try and inform all the lorry drivers to look out for me: and of course inform the police I am in their area.
My Alber Adventure will have a large flashing light on the rack at the rear, safety bike flags ether side. I shall be wearing a crash hat, elbow and knee protectors.
The cyclist will at all times be wearing a crash hat, an orange safety jacket, and a flag.
I have also decide where the road, in the option of the team, becomes unsafe and there is no alternative route, that I note the place, and time, mark the map, if possible get a signature or make a phone call for proof of this action, get into the following van, travel in the van to a point, it maybe yards, it maybe miles, to a point where, in the option of the team, the danger is past, stop, note the place, distance covered, get signature if possible, mark on the map and note the time, return to the road and the challenge and at an appropriate place, recover the distance missed by driving the distance on the road, track, even at JOD its self, This will mean that I and Alber can say, that we took safety issues very seriously but still wanted to cover the full distance of the E2E Challenge. This means my challenge cannot be clased as a world record, but the safety of my team and myself, must come first.
We all want me to get to JOG dead on the time of 1400 but none want me to arrive at JOG dead on arrival!
I hope that what I have written will put your minds at rest as regards safety issues.
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