A few thoughts on AI's latest rule suggestions (post 1325, a bit lengthy for me to quote here ;-) )
I've agreed with a lot of what AI has said but I'm not sure I agree with this latest suggestion.
I think both his suggestions (two systems for recording how many start and finish and a designated place of safety) go too far down the road of requiring a RO to take responsibility for the safety of the runner.
It may be that the legal system means it's not possible for RO to absolve themselves of responsibility for runner safety entirely but I think the requirements placed on RO by the rules should be the absolute bare minimum.
One of the great contradictions of the current draft of the safety rules is that they state that runners are primarily responsible for their own safety and then go on to list a whole host of measures that someone has to take to ensure runner safety.
