Some feedback:
Pta route was changed at the last minute as there were roadworks on the N1 (original route) -
neither the marshals nor Tshwane Metro were informed of this. One of the Tshwane Metro vehicles went to assess the situation & there was already a lot of congestion at the point at around 07h30. 3 lanes had been narrowed to 1 FFS!!! As such it was decided to change the route - the TB marshals had already planned an alternative route (the one that was used) & Tshwane Metro agreed to the change at the time it was discovered the original route was not viable. The biggest mess came when Tshwane handed over to JMPD - the JMPD "lead" vehicle did not know where she was going, despite being told "November 1" she decided to go "Mike 1"
. This caused the group to split up into smaller bunches - some turned around at Corlett, other carried on going until St. Andrews Rd. whilst some (who knew where they were going) went onto the N1!! The Brightwater Commons crowd left before they should have, allegedly due to the Hardly Driveable "Safety Marshalls" who decided it was time to go
- this caused "crowd mentality" & everyone fired up their bikes & started to leave despite the official marshals trying to stop this from happening - impossible with a few thousand bikes revving! This caused a back up on the N1 at Malibongwe as JMPD tried to close the highway to allow the bikes access, however there were some 15000 bikes coming up behind them down the N1............again the marshals managed to resolve this & got the N1 moving again.
The Marshall that went down is fine as is his son (pillion), both are bruised & battered, but ready to ride again. The bike is unfortunately a write-off.
Topic: 2008 Gauteng Toy run (Read 3150 times)
