Am I the only person at Oshkosh without wheels?

I wholeheartedly agree that there was a problem this year on the
perimeter road around the north 40. I am one of the volunteers out on
the Flight line for general aviation parking and camping and noticed
cars going 45 (!) on the road around 9-27 with people everywhere.

Totally unacceptable. I brought it up with the powers that be, and the
police/security were going to patrol on a more frequent basis. The last
thing anyone wants is to survive the Green/Rush lake holds, and then
Fisk, only to be clocked by a car on the flight line!!!

Those of us in Flight Line Operations around 9-27 were making a
conscious effort to be good, but we spend most of our time on the grass
and hard surface taxiways anyway, out of everyones way in cars.

I agree there was a problem. There seems to be a significant increase
in the number of cars on the field in the last few years.
Anybody from EAA should give way to a pedestrian regardless, but there
are people from every organization under the sun on the field, and
regulating them is impossible, except to enforce the 15mph speed limit
by the police and security.

I hope that it doesn't take a tragedy to help fix the problem.
We are better than that.

Ryan Wubben
Co-Chairman, EAA Flight Line Operations

wrote in message ups.com...
:I wholeheartedly agree that there was a problem this year on the
: perimeter road around the north 40. I am one of the volunteers out on
: the Flight line for general aviation parking and camping and noticed
: cars going 45 (!) on the road around 9-27 with people everywhere.
:
....snip
:
: I hope that it doesn't take a tragedy to help fix the problem.
: We are better than that.
:
: Ryan Wubben
: Co-Chairman, EAA Flight Line Operations
:

I agree, it was not so much the number, but the speed of the vehicles that was the problem in my eyes. Some were going
pretty fast...

..Blueskies. wrote:
wrote in message ups.com...
:I wholeheartedly agree that there was a problem this year on the
: perimeter road around the north 40. I am one of the volunteers out on
: the Flight line for general aviation parking and camping and noticed
: cars going 45 (!) on the road around 9-27 with people everywhere.
:
...snip
:
: I hope that it doesn't take a tragedy to help fix the problem.
: We are better than that.
:
: Ryan Wubben
: Co-Chairman, EAA Flight Line Operations
:

I agree, it was not so much the number, but the speed of the vehicles that was the problem in my eyes. Some were going
pretty fast...


Ditto. Not for nuthin' but I have a hearing impaired 8 year old and
that makes for some tense moments. At least he's been taught to be
careful on the road. Getting him to be ever vigilant of being run down
by a Gator trying to break the land speed record in the grass is
something I'm still working on.

Tom

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ups.com...
|I wholeheartedly agree that there was a problem this year
on the
| perimeter road around the north 40. I am one of the
volunteers out on
| the Flight line for general aviation parking and camping
and noticed
| cars going 45 (!) on the road around 9-27 with people
everywhere.
|
| Totally unacceptable. I brought it up with the powers that
be, and the
| police/security were going to patrol on a more frequent
basis. The last
| thing anyone wants is to survive the Green/Rush lake
holds, and then
| Fisk, only to be clocked by a car on the flight line!!!
|
| Those of us in Flight Line Operations around 9-27 were
making a
| conscious effort to be good, but we spend most of our time
on the grass
| and hard surface taxiways anyway, out of everyones way in
cars.
|
| I agree there was a problem. There seems to be a
significant increase
| in the number of cars on the field in the last few years.
| Anybody from EAA should give way to a pedestrian
regardless, but there
| are people from every organization under the sun on the
field, and
| regulating them is impossible, except to enforce the 15mph
speed limit
| by the police and security.
|
| I hope that it doesn't take a tragedy to help fix the
problem.
| We are better than that.
|
| Ryan Wubben
| Co-Chairman, EAA Flight Line Operations
|