[Nobbc] Communication

[Sarto Rocheleau]

Hi guys, maybe I did not express myself well.  If the leader only watches the car behind him and that car watches the car behind him and so on,  If one car loses his car behind him he will slow until his car catches up with him.  When he slowed down the cars in front will also slow.  Works even when caught at signal lights.  If there is a delay with any car it transmits to all of the others.  Nobody gets away.  Just an idea that works in poor cell phone areas.  Walkie talkies may take hands off the wheel.  Only problem on the roads we like, there may not be the room to pull off on.  Bread crumbs comes to mind.

Sarto



--- On Tue, 1/13/09, gtwincams at gmail.com <gtwincams at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: gtwincams at gmail.com <gtwincams at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Nobbc] Communication
> To: "North Bay British Car Club" <nobbc at autox.team.net>
> Date: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 12:22 PM
> Hi Ron. I know some purists, if you will, don't like
> using comms, relying instead on their wits and perhaps smoke
> signals from tailpipes, but having driven in many large
> convoys for other reasons, I think they are great. FRS
> radios are dirt cheap, all are compatible, and would be a
> great help with larger crowds.
> My two cents...
> Cheers,
> Greg
> 
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> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Engelhardt <nobbc at sonic.net>
> 
> Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 11:45:46 
> To: North Bay British Car Club<nobbc at autox.team.net>
> Subject: [Nobbc] Communication
> 
> 
> I'm changing the title of this thread because it's
> of root importance to 
> our club and should be discussed.
> 
> Heh, one of my main worries over the years is that we would
> have a ride 
> and ALL 125+ members would show up...chaos! Fortunately, we
> usually have 
> a manageable group and rarely lose people. We did have 3
> dozen cars show 
> up a few years back at Warm Springs but the ride route was
> simple enough 
> that no one could get lost.
> 
> That being said, it may be time to bend our non-rules for
> larger rides 
> and figure out a mechanism for keeping rides together,
> maybe cell phones 
> or walkie-talkies. Most places we go have limited or no
> cell service so 
> maybe radios are the way to go. One for the point car, one
> for drag 
> (last) and maybe one or two in the middle of larger rides.
> I think we've 
> done a pretty fair job of staying together and waiting so
> far but the 
> rides seem to be increasing in popularity again. The real
> joy of owning 
> a Brit car is getting it OUT of the garage as frequently as
> possible and 
> the rides are reflecting that.
> 
> I don't know a whole lot about the two way radios
> available and would be 
> especially interested to know if different brands talk to
> one another 
> and any other shortcomings. In our non dues club it would
> be better for 
> individuals to purchase radios themselves on a volunteer
> basis, I'm 
> guessing they aren't too expensive. Perhaps we would
> always then have 
> members with radios available on the larger rides and
> better 
> coordination. Any thoughts?
> 
> Ron
> 58 MGA
> 
> Paige, Dean wrote:
> > For the record my turn around on Trinity Road was
> planned. Just had too
> > much else on the docket to do more than an hour or
> two. Pia and I tooled
> > back down to Glen Ellen and the Glen Ellen in where we
> fed ourselves on
> > a dozen oysters and fish taco's Yum. Home to the
> mundane of necessary
> > chores after.  Happy to see that everyone managed to
> get together in the
> > end.
> > 
> > We really need to do more to keep ourselves together
> from the start. I
> > was chagrined to find us moving out while a few folks
> were not yet in
> > there vehicles. The rules (yea I know we're not
> supposed to need any
> > steeeenking rules) got to be that the lead doesn't
> move until everyone
> > has engines running. If nothing else a cell phone in
> the hands of the
> > last in line and the first in line would really help
> out in this regard.
> > 
> > Deano
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