QUOTE: Concerning footage filmed at Sunday's Portsdown Classic road race in Hampshire showed the moment an impatient taxi driver apparently ignored marshals and drove onto the course, almost causing a collision with riders. ENDS
"Judith" was apoplectic when "she" learned that UK marshals had the same power as police officers in stopping "traffic".
The report refers to "rolling road closures enforced by motorcycle outriders and event staff". Unfortunately I don't think that iis the case in UK. I'm pretty sure that only police can stop moving traffic and enforce this and event marshals can onlywarn other users of the event taking place etc with BC accredited marshals having the same powers as "lollipop crossing wardens" to stop traffic. So broadly speaking you can only appeal to the good sense of other Road users. Not a criticism of the
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HLaB replied to CreepingAlong | 36 min ago
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An accredited marshal can stop traffic and its an offence to ignore them but case in point shows folk do .
On 14/02/2024 12:39, Simon Mason wrote:
An accredited marshal can stop traffic and it’s an offence to ignore
them but case in point shows folk do .
Only a police officer (or traffic warden) in uniform may direct or
dictate to traffic. Self-appointed "marshals" have no such authority and neither should they have it. Even a CID officer can't control traffic,
unless donning a proper police uniform first.
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