I am very distressed that Jackie had to chase back on in the crit on Monday. And
for that matter, that all of those of you who stopped for the girl with the
glasses (the one who got hurt on the back stretch) had to do that.

How would you feel about letting other teams know (say, at the start of future
races) that if there is a crash that race or series leaders are behind, we will
like all racers to observe the custom of sitting up until they get back on. In
other words, we'll agree to do this if other teams agree, too. You know, a kind
of social contract. (Is this too weird? It goes a little further than sitting
up when one of the leaders goes down herself. But that didn't happen Monday.)

How would you feel, also, about asking the race promoters to clarify the
procedures for the people who crash so we know they are being taken care of? I
am not asking this about myself..I fell in full view of a whole lot of people.
I am asking because of the girl with the glasses. She got hurt where there
normally are not officials standing and watching. I think it would make for
better racing if we didn't just feel like we were deserting the ones on the
ground, out of sight. I think it was tremendous that some of you stopped. It's
completely unreasonable, IMHO, that you had to chase back on.


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