Those with advanced rider training know about the hierarchy of consideration: safe, legal, smooth; smoothness can be sacrificed for legality or safety, legality can be sacrificed for safety but nothing is more important than safety.
In a post Covid-19 world I think we need to have a similar hierachy for IBA events. Certificate rides are easy, we all ride alone anyway; Brit Butt Tour is easy, we all ride alone anyway. What about rallies and RTEs? Even if HM govt says tomorrow that all restrictions are lifted and we can all go back to our old ways, I think that some things will remain changed and our own personal risk assessments will have altered. Safety is always going to be the paramount consideration but life's a bit of a waste if we're not having fun.
Never mind the law for the moment, what would be your concerns the next time an RTE is called?
In a post Covid-19 world I think we need to have a similar hierachy for IBA events. Certificate rides are easy, we all ride alone anyway; Brit Butt Tour is easy, we all ride alone anyway. What about rallies and RTEs? Even if HM govt says tomorrow that all restrictions are lifted and we can all go back to our old ways, I think that some things will remain changed and our own personal risk assessments will have altered. Safety is always going to be the paramount consideration but life's a bit of a waste if we're not having fun.
Never mind the law for the moment, what would be your concerns the next time an RTE is called?