I was thinking in the same direction for the armour and tracked.
If you see in the army how many safety precautions are taken when tracked and armour is on the move (well it is so in the Belgians army tank museum), it is so horrible what you see @ W&P!!! :argh::argh:
Tracked and armour should ALWAYS move at walking speed, guided by someone wearing HI-VI.
The movement from the fields into the arena is ""more or less" organised, but what you see happening around you after the public has gone is beyond every imagination. Everybody is taking the toy out.:nono:
I can imagine that everybody with that kind of material loves to drive it and is always looking for the opportunity to do so, but to me, it would not be a big effort for the show organisers to allow them to use the arena when the public is out.
EG:
You make one marschall responsible for it, he centralises all applications for driving in the arena. He makes a time shedule allowing 3 or 4 vehicles into the arena for 15-20 minutes. Every vehicle needs to take one marschall into the vehicle and NEEDS TO HAVE INTERCOM. Due to the time shedule, one has a good view on the movement from the fields into the arena.
To me:
- you won't have to look for voluntering marschalls to man the vehicles and organise movements.
- this is a perfect reward to the people making the effort to bring armour and tracked to the event
- roads, lanes and fields will be free of fast moving tracked and armour. This year on the America's field armour was moving above 25 MPH, with someone laying on the deck, instructing the driver, while kids were around:nono::nono:
Just an idea, but my opinion always comes at the same conclusion: the marschalls, supervision and control are gone with the public....