[Nobbc] Communication

[Greg Tatarian]

Hi Sarto,
You expressed the method we typically try to use, for the most part. 
Being in the front of a long line of cars, like the 14 cars we had 
Saturday, it is more difficult than you might imagine to pull over 
whenever the group is split up, and not always safe. However, your point 
about taking hands off the wheel to talk on the radio is a good one. A 
navigator helps, as does using the radios only when necessary, say when 
a group does get left behind at a light or someone makes a wrong turn, 
both of which can mean a lot of waiting on the shoulder, or leaving 
someone behind.
It's not usually an issue with our group, but does tend to happen more 
with routes that take us through lots of street lights, or with larger 
convoys. I think that radios can be used safely, and can be of value on 
some of our drives.
I've tried the high-tech bread crumb idea; that is, leaving a gps or 
radio on top of the vehicle and driving away, flinging the device to the 
roadway. Works great!
Cheers,
Greg



Sarto Rocheleau wrote:
> 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.
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> Sarto